I suspect that the tradition of the lands belonging to the titled and wealthy, in Europe, also had something to do with the creation these traditions.
Here in the colonies we had lots of unclaimed land, aside from the few hundreds of thousand native Americans. We got in the habit of shooting what ever, when ever and where ever dinner presented itself.
I've got some friends in Western Augusta, Highland and Bath counties of Virginia that pretty do the same now. Allah provides.
Jim
