I propose to significantly buff the weapon for specific purposes. Spear +% damage to wild boars, moose, bears, mammoths + damage to the first strike on horseback. Bow +% damage to foxes, badgers, snakes, seals, beavers, otters, wolves, goats, sheep, etc. except for those for spears + slightly increase the bleeding of more expensive arrows. The sling is already perfect in the early game, getting a pack of chickens right away without running is perfect, but you can slightly reduce the cooldown
And yes, I understand that "why, sit in a knarr \ auger and poke with a spear" Is clowning and not hunting, and I do not propose to take it away from you. It's just that the archers in the game are dead, as it were, I remind you here.