# When Did Governments Start Regulating Hunting (Issuing Tags, etc.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 2, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-governments-start-regulating-hunting-issuing-tags-etc/841149 "2019-10-02T14:19:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-governments-start-regulating-hunting-issuing-tags-etc/841149/21 "2019-10-04T16:08:00Z")
Looking at the history of the Texas agencies responsible, it looks like it started in the latter half of the nineteenth century, with some early moves done pre-Civil War, but the majority done from 1874 onward, when the Legislature started regulating fishing, and it extended to hunting in 1907. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-governments-start-regulating-hunting-issuing-tags-etc/841149/22 "2019-10-04T18:39:14Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Perhaps I didn’t word my question as specifically as I should have, then. I was looking for a legislative fiat that limited hunting beyond just saying that “only the monarch can hunt.” > > **thelurkinghorror** ’s post about the Lacey Act was as close to exactly what I was looking for as I’m going to get. Since you say “only for the monarch,” I assume you’re not looking for US laws alone. In Britain, the Game Act of 1831 protected game birds by requiring hunting licenses and establishing game wardens. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-governments-start-regulating-hunting-issuing-tags-etc/841149.md?page=1)