Flashcards: Hunting

Green Hills of Africa is a 1935 work of nonfiction by American writer Ernest Hemingway.

The maritime fur trade was a ship-based fur trade system that focused on acquiring furs of sea otters and other animals from the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast and natives of Alaska.

Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of unarmed followers led by a "master of foxhounds" ("master of hounds"), who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback.

A harpoon is a long spear-like instrument used in fishing, whaling, sealing, and other marine hunting to catch fish or large marine mammals such as whales.

Falconry is the hunting of wild quarry in its natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey.

Mushroom hunting, mushrooming, mushroom picking, mushroom foraging, and similar terms describe the activity of gathering mushrooms in the wild, typically for eating.

Fur is used in reference to the hair of animals, usually mammals, particularly those with extensive body hair coverage that is generally soft and thick, as opposed to the stiffer bristles on most pigs.

Dolphin drive hunting, also called dolphin drive fishing, is a method of hunting dolphins and occasionally other small cetaceans by driving them together with boats and then usually into a bay or onto a beach.

A field hunter, or a fox hunter, is a type of horse used in the hunt field for fox hunting and stag hunting.

Game or quarry is any animal hunted for sport or for food.

A safari /səˈfɑːri/ is an overland journey, usually a trip by tourists to Africa.

Safari Club International (SCI) is an international organization composed of hunters dedicated to protecting the freedom to hunt and promoting wildlife conservation.

Hog calling, or pig calling is the art of making a call to encourage pigs to approach the caller.

International orange is a color used in the aerospace industry to set objects apart from their surroundings, similar to safety orange, but deeper and with a more reddish tone.

Cynegeticus (Greek: Κυνηγετικός, Kynegetikos "related to hunting" from κυνηγέω "I hunt"), is a treatise by the ancient Greek philosopher and military leader Xenophon, usually translated as "On Hunting" or "Hunting with Dogs.

Safety orange (also known as blaze orange, vivid orange, OSHA orange, hunter orange, Caltrans orange, or Omaha orange) is a hue.

César François Adolphe d'Houdetot (31 August 1799 – 30 July 1869) was a 19th-century French writer, author of numerous books on hunting.

Gigging is the practice of hunting fish or small game with a gig or similar multi-pronged spear.

Game preservation is maintaining a stock of game to be hunted legally.

North American hunting technologies begins with the arrival of the Paleo-Indians and continues through to modern times.

A hunting license is a regulatory or legal mechanism to control recreational and sports hunting.

Wholesale Sports Outdoor Outfitters is a Canadian owned and operated retailer in western Canada of hunting, fishing and camping gear and apparel, that provides expert advice and merchandise for outdoor sports and activities.

Vermin (colloquially varmint or varmit) are pests or nuisance animals, that spread diseases or destroy crops or livestock.

White hunter is a literary term used for professional big game hunters of European or North American backgrounds who plied their trade in Africa, especially during the first half of the 20th century.

Mink Trapping - A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping - A Valuable Book for Trappers.

The Corps Hubertia Freiburg is a fraternity (Studentenverbindung) in Freiburg, Germany.

Internet hunting is the practice of hunting via remotely controlled firearms that can be aimed and shot using online webcams.