SC - A Winter food

[Alderton, Philippa]

Adamantius sez:

>Overall, I'm assuming that the game seasons as established by state laws
are based, or were originally based, on some idea of proper landscape
management (is there such a thing as game husbandry?). It's pretty well
established, for example, that the deer season is where it is because of
food availability and the breeding cycle. <

Actually, the pheasant season is where it is because of the pheasant
breeding cycle. Like most animals, they give birth in the spring and use the
summer to raise their offspring. By the fall time, this year's birds are
harvestable, if not particularly large.

I think that this was recognized in the MA as well- if you notice, most of
their big hunts were held in the fall and early winter, along with most of
their other harvesting activities- this seems to be true of most agrarian
societies, although hunter/gatherer types tend to hunt year round.

I think Adamantius is right- find out from this person why he considers
pheasant to be a summer food. As A says, it might be just because hawking is
considered a summer sport, although actually, it's usually a late summer
sport.

Phlip

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Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

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