I understand the rationale for not being able to recover equipment lost in battle but hunters (or anyone else for that matter) dying from animal attack and whose body is recovered should have at least some recoverable equipment I would think.
I’m finding it a touch galling that bears and wolves seem to be dissolving my hunters’ equipment with their acid-for-blood when they manage to overcome them, on the high street… ahem…
Kalan the Grocer merrily takes Eolyn the Hunter’s body to the graveyard and buries her, along with the town sword. Oi! Kalan yer muppet! That’s the only sword we’ve got! What’s it with you and burying all our weapons? Right, you’re fired as the grocer and your now on hunting duties and you know where you can get a sword, don’t you? Now sod off ya eejit!