If hunters had to travel to more distant locations to acquire large game, they frequently reduce the costs of transporting the animal back to their residence by leaving behind body parts that have little economic value. This is exactly what is seen at Five Finger Ridge.

In particular, body parts with lower economic value, such as the head and the axial skeleton (e.g., vertebrae, ribs, pelvis), became more rare through time compared to the other body parts. The most parsimonious explanation is that local large game population levels were rather low, forcing hunters to travel to new, more distant locations.