About the book: 2010 / The book was written by A.P., Candidate of Biological Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Honored Ecologist of the Russian Federation. Kaledin. It summarizes materials on the history of hunting from literary and departmental sources. The book is intended for specialists in hunting, forestry, agriculture, as well as teachers and students of specialized universities and a wide range of readers. Reviewers: G.I. Blokhin – Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Head of the Department of Zoology of the Federal State Educational Institution RGAU-MSHA named after. K.A. Timiryazeva; V.K. Melnikov – Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor of the Game Management Department of the Vyatka State Agricultural Academy, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation; E.G. Mishvelov - Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor of the Department of Ecology and Environmental Management of the Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Stavropol State University". Recommended for publication by the educational and methodological commission of the Animal Engineering Faculty of the Russian State Agrarian University-Moscow Agricultural Academy named after. K.A. Timiryazev. Protocol No. 12 of December 25, 2009.