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which permits neither peasant nor owner to have his corn trampled 

 down or otherwise destroyed. The culture of the woods, too, suffers 

 much from a large head of game being kept up, and this necessitates 

 expensive enclosures. These considerations, together with the shyness 

 of all deer, account for the legislature not having established any close 

 time for this game. At a few large drives it is true that red deer, and 

 still more fallow deer, are brought down with shot, but, as already 

 said, they are very shy and difficult to drive with other game, and 

 most sportsmen desire without doubt to kill this fine game with the 

 rifle only. 



The number of sportsmen having a somewhat regular opportunity 

 of getting this interesting sport is very limited. 



The manner in which it is carried on offers nothing particular to 



distinguish it from the ordinary methods of stalking. Sometimes it 



is done on foot, but frequently a carriage is used. 



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 The absence of mountains and even lofty hills in 



the country makes this sport far less fatiguing than Scotch deer- 

 stalking, but the denseness of the forests and the inclination of the 

 game to hide during the greater part of the day present many 

 difficulties. 



Roedeer, as also hares and partridges, may be said to be pretty 

 numerous all over the country, and are, taken as a whole, the most 

 important objects of sport in Denmark. 



1 he roedeer are numerous in the wooded parts of the country 



and on the larger properties, where the right of shooting is in few 



hands, and where shooting is pursued with moderation, 



, . . Roedeer. 



and protection agamst poachers and vermin is energetic. 



