Country-folk were for the most part farmers, and so didn't necessarily need to hunt in order to survive. Though deer and other larger game were considered the property of the Norman Lords and King, a Saxon peasant could hunt small game without an issue. English yeoman were actually required to practice at the archery butts in case they were required for some kind of military service, some peasants were familiar with the use of a bow, and had the ability to legally hunt things like rabbits and birds. The kinds of arrowheads used to hunt small game were different enough to those used to hunt deer (the broadhead at the bottom is a replica of one such arrow) that if a hunter was found with one, it could be surmised that he was a poacher. Arrows used to hunt small game had rather rounded and even blunt heads, because a large broadhead is plain unnecessary to kill a rabbit or bird.