• Reflected in statutes and proclamations :
  100 years game law in four succeeding generations (1705-1805)
• Optically & in its contents of extraordinary dimension :
  A 292 years old Bavarian hunting prohibition (May 28, 1717)
• Once again according to the old calendar :
  Begin of the hunting season is Bartholomew Sep. 4^th (Aug. 2, 1719 / June 29, 1778)
• Pheasantry in the Lecheln wood before Wolfenbüttel :
  Edict by Ludwig Rudolf, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, of March 20, 1734
• Intended as a protection of agriculture :
  The "Sparrows War" in the 18^th century (Dec. 11, 1749)
• No for small game, yes for winged game :
  Carrion places and shooting galleries in small game districts (Nov. 5, 1767)
• When poachers are just collecting mushrooms in the Weser district :
  Mushrooms may be collected with a concession only (Feb. 18, 1768)
• Down to the gardens outside Brunswick + Wolfenbüttel :
  Poaching of small and big game (Aug. 19, 1773)
• Coordination across the border :
  Because of later ripeness the start of the hunting season is postponed (23. 8. 1799)
• Even the hunt starts later because of the harvest :
  Bartholomew is on the 4^th in re-acknowleding the old calendar (July 30, 1805)
• The people’s regime in the revolution’s hunting law :
  Rondonneau, L. (ed.). Code de la Chasse et de la Pêche (1810)

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