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VIII.
SHOOTING AND FISHING.
1. SHOOTING AND SHOOTING LEGISLATION.
In ancient times, shooting and fishing were the chief sources of
support for the inhabitants of the North, but after cattle-breeding
became common and the soil began to be tilled for necessary food-products,
shooting was no longer a necessity for the support of life, but was
diligently practised, partly as a valuable by-trade, and partly to
protect the herds from beasts of prey, besides being highly prized as a
manly sport.
Game, which was at that time very plentiful, was considered as »belonging
to nobodp, and shooting could be freely practised everywhere and anywhere.
With the gradually progressing culture and the consequent decrease of game,
legislation began to make restrictions in every-one’s right to free shooting, and the owners
of land were ascribed sole right to shooting on their own land, with the
exception of beasts of prey, which could still be pursued and killed by anybody and
anywhere. But in course of time the idea became prevalent that the right to
shoot even on private ground belonged to certain privileged persons, and on the
issuing of the Royal Statute of Aug. 29, 1664, the landowning peasants almost
entirely lost all right to kill or catch game not reckoned among beasts of prey.
Only by the Royal Ordinance of Feb. 21, 1789, more minutely confirmed by the
Royal Statute of April 13, 1808, the right of landowners to shoot on their own
ground was re-established.
The game-law now in force, issued Oct. 21, 1864, also recognizes
as its main principle the right of the landowner to shoot on his own
ground, but if the land is let to anyone for tillage, the right of
shooting on it goes to the leaseholder, unless otherwise agreed.
This shooting right which is ascribed to the owner or leaseholder of land,
and which he is entitled to make use of without paying any dues whatsoever
either to the state or community, is restricted, however, by the common
regulations which have been or may be issued for the protection of useful game
during certain times of the year. These closed times may, after petition, or
in consequence of some other reason, be protracted or restricted by the King,
while the regulations of the game-law can be altered only after hearing the
Kiksdag on the subject. For this reason, the regulations in regard to closed times
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