Hunting

For thousands of years, man played an important role in deciding the survival of scores of animal species. People have been hunting for a long, long time, certainly since the Old Stone Age. Hunting was considered as a royal activity and was also known as sport of kings. There were really two kinds of hunting. one was hunting for survival and other was hunting for sport.

Hunting for survival:

Skins were used for both clothing and shelter as well as for other purposes. Bones, antlers and teeth were used for tools. Animal parts were used as decoration or symbols of authority and status. Simple tools, like twigs, small sticks, or even thorns or pieces of cordage were used to capture prey or force the prey from hiding places.

Hunting as a sport:

Much earlier before the arrival of britishers hunting was a part of statecraft in India, which involved displaying power, and receiving tribute, gathering intelligence as well as, of course, killing many tigers, lions, antelope, and birds. Earlier Sport hunting, was mostly done on horseback, with bows and arrows or with spears and nets, and with dogs. One of the popular techniques of hunting was to encircle a herd animals, and drive them off a cliff, or into a large thick swamp where they would be shot with poison darts, projectile points, or large stones.
Later hunting was also done for business purpose. The fur trade originated which proved to be major source of income.
Since the late 19th century, hunters concerned about the future of wildlife and the outdoor tradition have made countless contributions to the conservation of the nation's wildlife resources. Hunting also gives resource managers a valuable tool to control populations of some species.