Hunting language

Texts, dictionary - 2nd edition

Hunting was one of the earliest occupations of man, who earned his livelihood before he knew agriculture. Even then he had learned that hunting success could only be secured by a perfect knowledge of the life of the various species of animals and the methods of hunting them. At first, the hunter took all animals that could provide him with food, at any period of their life when they could be of use to him. It was only in the course of time, when he no longer depended on hunting as the sole means of preserving his life, that hunting became more of a pastime, and man restricted hunting to certain animals, which he called game.

He then began to take care of it with various prohibitions and orders, which later gave rise to economic instructions, guidelines for the care of game and traditions and everything we call hunting today. We can speak responsibly of hunting from the 14th century onwards, when it was given more rigid rules and began to be consciously involved in game farming. Before that, it was merely hunting.