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Stand hunting or blind hunting is waiting for animals from a concealed or elevated position, for example from tree stands, hunting blinds or other types of shooting stands. Calling is the use of animal noises to attract or drive animals. Camouflage is the use of visual or odour concealment to blend with the environment.
Game (hunting) Common pheasant, widely introduced and hunted as game. Game or quarry is any wild animal hunted for animal products (primarily meat ), for recreation ("sporting"), or for trophies. [ 1] The species of animals hunted as game varies in different parts of the world and by different local jurisdictions, though most are terrestrial ...
Upland hunting is an American term for a form of bird hunting ( fowling) in which the hunter pursues upland birds including quail, pheasant, grouse, woodcock, prairie chicken, chukar, grey partridge, and other landfowls. [ 1][ 2] Unlike aquatic and semiaquatic bird species ( waterfowls and shorebirds ), upland birds are terrestrial and tend to ...
Snipe hunt. A snipe hunt is a type of practical joke or fool's errand, in existence in North America as early as the 1840s, in which an unsuspecting newcomer is duped into trying to catch an elusive, nonexistent animal called a snipe. Although snipe are an actual family of birds, a snipe hunt is a quest for an imaginary creature whose ...
Hunting season. A hunting season is the designated time in which certain game animals can be killed in certain designated areas. In the United States, each state determines and sets its own specific dates to hunt the certain game animal, such as California, in which they designate certain zones, in which each have their own separate dates in ...
Line hunting. In telephony, line hunting (or hunt group) is the method of distributing phone calls from a single telephone number to a group of several phone lines. Specifically, it refers to the process or algorithm used to select which line will receive the call. Hunt groups are supported by some PBX phone systems.
In hunting, take or taking is a term used in the United States to refer to any action that adversely affects a species, particularly killing individuals of that species, as outlined by the United States Endangered Species Act of 1973. Although "taking" most commonly refers to the act of killing animals in a hunting context, its definition can ...
a rare and ancient sword named Hrunting. The iron blade with its ill-boding patterns. had been tempered in blood. It had never failed. the hand of anyone who hefted it in battle, anyone who had fought and faced the worst. in the gap of danger. This was not the first time. it had been called to perform heroic feats.