Hunting Glossary Continued

deerCable Guard - This holds the cables off to the side so that there is always ample arrow clearance.

Cable Slide - This is designed to fit onto the cable guard, its purpose is to help the cables move across the guard smoothly. Buying a new cable slide made from Teflon is said to be capable of adding speed to the bow by reducing the amount of friction. Teflon, when it is pure, is either clear or a milky white in color. If the slide does not appear white, then it is not made out of Teflon.

Cackle - This is the type of call that a turkey emits.

Call Back - This is a list provided by judges before another series in an event, indicating who is going to be invited back for participation in the neck round. The people that do not make the call back list have for some reason been disqualified.

Calling - This is a term that is used to refer to imitating different sounds that the deer make so that they can be lured into shooting range.

Camouflage - This term describes coloration that is designed to help the human body blend in more with the environments surrounding it. Animals also have their own natural camouflage as well.

Campaign - This term describes the pursuit for a title for a hunting dog.

Carnivore - This term describes predators that live almost exclusively on the flesh from other animals.

Carrion – This is a term that describes dead animal flesh.

Cast - This term describes giving a dog a certain direction through hand signals and body moves to direct the path of the dog. This is commonly used for the purpose of blind retrieves.

Cast Refusal - This describes a situation where the dog is not responding to a cast or a direction that is given by the handler.

Center Serving - This is the center portion of a bowstring, which is wrapped in order to prevent the bowstring from sustaining damage.

Center Shot - This is the point placing the shaft of the arrow directly in line with the grooves.

CERF - This is a term that stands for Canine Eye Registry Foundation.

Cervidae - This is the taxonomic family that deer belong to.

Champion - This is a title that is given to dogs that have won AKC licensed dog show championships.

Channel Blind - This describes a blind run in the water that makes it tempting for a dog to exit out of the water because of the close proximity of a bank on each side of the channel.

Character Point - This describes the first point that exists from the main beam of the white tail deer’s antlers, extending upward.

Cheating – This describes a situation where a dog is avoiding obstacles or cover when enroute to an item or when returning from retrieving an item.

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Originally posted 2009-11-09 03:36:05. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Hunting and Hunters Lexicon

maledeerAvoidance – This is commonly perceived as a reaction by a dog to a presence or a stimulus where the dog is avoiding a task by a number of behaviors including but not limited to looking away or traveling in the opposite direction and so on.

Axle - The axles are actually the shafts on which the compounds cams are rotating.

Axle to Axle Length - This is the distance between one axle and another on a compound bow.

Bachelor Group - This is what you have when bucks are congregating in groups and separating themselves from the rest of the deer during the spring and the summer months.

Back - This is a command that notifies a dog that it should leave the side of the handler and go away in a straight direction.

Baffles - Baffles are barriers that are used in order to contain bullets while reducing, redirecting or suppressing the sound waves on a fringe range. Baffles are typically placed in an overhead manner, alongside or at the ground level.

Balk – Another word that is used for balk is “no go”.

Bawl - This is an intense sound that a deer will make when they are traumatized and attempting to alert other deer.

Beam – This describes the main branches of the antlers on a buck where the forks will grow.

Bedding Area - This is a trampled area of ground where deer can rest. The spots are generally chosen because they are well concealed and they offer a place where the deer can watch for approaching predators. Deer typically have a number of different bedding areas within the range of their home.

Big Hunt – This is what occurs when a dog is unable to find its mark and has to hunt a larger area looking for the bird.

Birdiness - This is a quality in a dog that is desirable as it describes the dog’s high interest in birds and retrieving birds. Birdiness is often used in order to describe a dog’s natural prey drive.

Bitch - This is a technical term that is used to refer to a female dog.

Blacktail Deer - This is a subspecies of the common white tail deer, and they are only found in the western portion of the North American continent. This deer is only distinguishable from its white tail cousins by its naturally darker body, its black tail and the fact that it has a smaller frame.

Bleat – This is a type of vocalization that deer are known to make.

Blind – This is a structure that is made out of fabric or canvas where the dog and its handler can wait before they are called to the line. The blind is also often used in order to hide the gun stations within the field.

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Quail Game Bird Guide

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Terminology

The mail quail is called the cock, and the female quail is called the hen. Baby quail are known as chicks. Quail have both plumes and crests, where crests are feathers growing in a series along the top and the back of the head, and the plume is a small feather growing right out of the top of the male quail’s head.

Description

Quail are capable of varying both in size and in color, but they all generally run between 6 oz and 8 oz in weight. Both the males and females are generally the same size in relation to one another. The males are typically easily identifiable because they have prettier colors than the female and they also have a plume, a single feather that sticks up from the top of their head. The length of a quail can easily reach as long as 11 inches. The average quail has a mottled mix of colors, allowing them to blend in well with their natural surroundings.

Habitat

Quail tend to prefer areas that are brushy, especially areas that have areas of new growth that is relatively low, and where they can find cover as well as food. Many sources call the area that quail call their home early successional, which basically means that they like weedy areas. Quail typically live in different areas at different times, and they generally prefer to nest in areas that are not as thick, choosing areas where the vegetation has been around for a couple of years. Quail are constantly hunting for areas where they can find plenty of insects to feed on, especially areas that have low canopies without a lot of underbrush.

Traits

Quail are relatively social in nature, and they live in groups that are called covies. Quails know that there is safety in numbers, and quails know that they can achieve this safety for the most part by sticking to large groups, which they travel in and live in. When they roost in the evenings, they usually use a close packed circle, and all of the quail face outward which means if a predator comes from any side, they will have a chance of protecting themselves or saving themselves.

Feeding Habits

Quail tend to feed during the morning hours and the evening hours, and during the hours in between they tend to loaf around. They may feed during the day as well, however, depending on the needs of the group. Quail mostly eat seeds as well as insects.

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