Hunting takes skill, athleticism, a keen knowledge of the natural world, and in the Alutiiq world, respect. Both boys and girls learned to hunt by accompanying adults on hunting trips. In addition to learning how to use weaponry, where to find animals, and how animals behaved, Alutiiq children learned rules for hunting. Russian traders recognized that the Alutiiq style of sea otter hunting was far more successful than their own and conscripted Native hunters to harvest otter pelts for Asian and European markets. Since the twentieth century, Alutiiq people have worked as hunting guides, leading sportsmen on hunting trips for brown bears and introduced species like deer and elk.