Whoever buys the hunting rights to a certain unit also buys the rights to the game animals within that unit. And that can lead to big money, because in Germany, there is a healthy commercial wild game market. If he allows a hunter onto his lease, anything the hunter shoots must be turned over to the lease holder, or the hunter can buy the animal he shoots. The lease holder must submit a plan to the local biologists each year, spelling out exactly how many animals he plans to shoot on his lease. For the high game, he must specify how many of each class of animal he intends to shoot.
Farmers can sue hunters for crop damage caused by wildlife.
And the management system is geared toward protecting the trophy animals. The biologists make sure there will always be animals in the different units. If a lease holder consistently shoots more game than approved by the biologists, he can lose the lease. And poachers can be shot on sight.