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HUNTING
The elk, the reindeer and the red deer are the big game that
are hunted in Norway. Among other game used for food,
the hare, grouse, blackcock, capercailzie, hazel grouse, thrush and
other small birds are snared and shot, aa well as a few sea-birds
such as little auks. Certain beasts of prey are also hunted, such
as bear, wolf, lynx, glutton, and fox, as also eagle and goshawk.
A reward is offered for each of these animals all over the
country, and in some places a reward is offered for the
extermination of martens and eagle owls. The otter is also common, and
an object of chase, as also the badger. In connection with
hunting may also be mentioned the collecting of eggs and down on
the islands, several of the northern islands being nesting-places,
where sea-birds nest in thousands.
On the coast a number of seals are killed, and off the coasts
whales also. (Cf. above page 370).
The hunting of all the above-named eatable animals is
pursued partly as a minor means of subsistence by the country people,
partly as a sport by towns-people and foreigners; and all the
above-named eatable animals are the objects of both kinds of
hunting or capture.
Besides guns, traps and snares are used in the capture of
these animals, the employment of which it has been attempted to
restrict by legislation.
The elk occurs commonly in south-eastern Norway, and in
the Trondhjem district as far north as southern Helgeland.
The reindeer, which frequents the high mountains, is shot
principally in the Kristian’s and Hedemarken counties, and to
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