Editing Spear (section)

===Modern revival===
Spear hunting fell out of favor in most of Europe in the 18th century, but continued in Germany, enjoying a revival in the 1930s.<ref>Blackmore (2003), pp92-3.</ref> Spear [[hunting]] is still practiced in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://huntingwithspears.com/ |title = Spear Hunting Museum > Home |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709213642/http://huntingwithspears.com/ |archive-date=9 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Animals taken are primarily wild [[boar]] and [[deer]], although trophy animals as large as [[Cape Buffalo]] have been hunted with spears. [[Alligator]]s are hunted in [[Florida]] with a type of [[harpoon]].

In underwater settings, the practice of [[sport fishing]] with [[Speargun|spearguns]] is also quite prominent. The invention of the speargun is attributed to either Alec Kramarenko in the mid-1930s<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alec Kramarenko {{!}} American inventor {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alec-Kramarenko |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> or [[Georges Beuchat]] in 1947.