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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
And, as has been said before, hunting really does provide economic incentive for habitat preservation. In addition, to some extent, it also provides incentive for public lands. People have a right to declare no hunting on their own properties, so public lands and forests become even more essential to preserve and not sell off to private interests.
One of the books I recorded this year was a text on European history. For a long time, hunting was absolutely forbidden if you weren't a nobleman. If you owned no land of your own, you could not hunt because you were "stealing" some nobleman's game. Even something a small as a rabbit.
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In traditional foxhunting attire the direction of the bow strings running up or down on the back of your helmet signified if you were a land owner or not. I wonder if this 'rule' began when this law was changed or because the noblemen did bring their non land owning stable hands as mounted grooms along with them? (I'm too short on time to research this right now
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