Hunting dates back to early man’s need to survive. They needed food to eat, clothing to cover themselves and protect them from harsh weather, and they needed tools with which to accomplish simple chores. Animals provided early man with all of these things. The meat was eaten, the skins used as clothing, and the bones and teeth were used as tools.
The old adage, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” truly describes the beginning of hunting. The definition of hunting is pursuing a living animal to be used for food or sport. Hunting means you are doing so lawfully. You have a license and are shooting only what you are licensed to shoot. Poaching is killing animals illegally. What hunters hunt is referred to as game.
In our world today, hunting licenses are given out to keep the animal population within reason by setting rules and regulations for what you can hunt, where you can hunt and how many of a specific species you can kill.
Hunting was diversified with the invention of the bow and arrow during the Mesolithic period and with the, “domestication of the dog,” approximately 15,000 years ago. At about the same time hunting became an important feature in stories and myths as well as dances and religious rituals.
Today with the disappearance of open land where people can hunt, hunt clubs have come into being. These clubs cover generally large amounts of acreage and provide the hunter with animals to be hunted. They have rules and regulations that must be followed while on your hunt.
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