People are just busy its not something you are doing wrong.
I like this battle idea and your threads.
After Outback gets to the dry shore the Eel confidently follow him knowing that he can not have any guns with him. They follow his tracks and when they see a flash of white in the forest they pepper the area with bullets.
Then Outback drops down behind them Rambo style and stabs one in the head with his knife and then shoots other with the stabbed Eels gun.
Outback wins again.