Doesn ' t take a lot of smarts to know not to trust anyone whose survival is directly dependent on your death . That smart athlete will try to manipulate a trained hunter and just get shot . And I don ' t know what hunters you have been around literally , I only know the hunters in my state , but the majority that I know are of the agricultural bent in normal life , as in ranch hands and farmers , and they actually know how to live off the land . Wouldn ' t work so well in an aquatic environment , but their experience with camouflage , blinds , traps , and marksmanship will destroy however intelligent a basketball player California ponies up . Intelligence is great if you can bring it to bear , which isn ' t viable when that Wyomingite just fires an arrow before the Californian knows he is there .