10 Terms
Contributors in Sporting events
Sporting events
Antlers
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
The growths of bone-like material portruding from the skull of a male member of the deer family. Antlers are shed annually. On rare occasions, female cervids also grow antlers. Antlers are sometimes ...
Antelope
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
What we know as "pronghorn antelope" in the American West are actually a member of the goat family. Pronghorns are known for blazing speed that can be sustained for miles, a curious nature, and an ...
Anchor point
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
One of the most important aspects of developing good form is to develop a "consistent" anchor point. An anchor point is a consistently repeatable indexing point somewhere near your ear, cheek, behind ...
Bugle
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
The distinctive whistling, bellowing, grunting sound made by a bull elk in the rut. This sound can be imitated by skilled hunters to draw bulls in.
Brush-buster pants
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
Breeches with a layer of thick canvas or other heavy material on the legs to turn briars and other thorny plants when hunting in dense cover.
Brush loads
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
Shotgun shells containing either flat or square shot or a special spreader wad. In all three cases, the idea is to make the pattern open up very quickly for close range shooting.
Brow tines
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
The tines on an elk's or deer's antlers that are closest to the skull. In Colorado, for example, bull elk must have a 5-inch brow tine in many areas to be considered a legal bull during the rifle ...