The publication provides information on the history of the origin and development of hunting in the Trans-Urals. A 70-year period of formation of state hunting supervision bodies in the Kurgan region is being considered. The text contains archival documents, regulations, reports, memoirs of veterans, essays and sketches about different periods of development of the hunting industry in the Kurgan region. The publication is intended for employees of bodies authorized in the field of hunting and conservation of hunting resources and their habitat, hunting users, as well as for everyone who is interested in the history of the development of hunting in Russia.