The origin of hunting refers to the prehistoric period of the existence of mankind. In those days, hunting, along with primitive fishing and gathering, was the main source of food for people. Millennia passed, the role of hunting in a person’s life and ways of obtaining game gradually changed. In the conditions of modern civilization, hunting is most often a hobby and a sports passion.
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In a primitive society, hunting methods were not very diverse. At first, a man used improvised means for hunting game - stones and clubs. Combining in groups, hunters drove animals into specially prepared pits, and then finished off with stones. With the advent of more advanced tools, the hunting equipment has also changed. Spears with pointed stone tips, a bow and arrows came into use. Hunting more and more acquired an individual character.
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Subsequently, quite sophisticated devices for catching animals were added to the weapons of primitive hunters. Even in the Stone Age, people actively used traps, wooden traps, airwaves and self-arrows, as well as loops and snares for catching birds. Such a "passive" hunt did not take much time and did not require speed and dexterity. The hunter was required to alert the trap, and after a while to check it.
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Times have changed. With the development of agriculture and livestock farming, the economic importance of hunting decreased. The hunt increasingly turned into an exciting pastime, which I indulged in. During the Middle Ages, hunting became a way of amusement for royalty and those in whose veins noble blood flowed. Actively began to be used falcon and dog hunting.
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The appearance of firearms in the XIII-XIV century radically changed the style of hunting. Weapons were used not only for warfare. Special models of guns were intended exclusively for hunting purposes. It became much easier for the hunter to get game, because now there was no need to get close to it. A bullet or shot shot could hit a beast or a bird at a distance of several tens or even hundreds of meters.
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Today, hunting has not only commercial, but also sporting character. In many countries, the order and timing of hunting is regulated by law. There are specially designated hunting grounds and fishing rules. Violation of established standards and the use of prohibited methods of animal production are considered poaching and are prosecuted in an administrative or even criminal manner.
