Some small craft which the pirates used in other cruises, were captured by the barges it was expected the pirates would be hunted from their lurking places.
Once the castle's deer park was established, intensively farmed fallow deer became common on the lands, although wild boar, foxes and hare were also hunted.
Archeological evidence, such as cave paintings and ivory carvings, suggest that humans hunted ice age elephants and used them as a source of raw materials.