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Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.
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flight day
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
A day when ducks migrate, typically in advance of a northern storm front.
fletching
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
The feathers or vanes on an arrow. Originally made of split turkey feathers, most vanes are now plastic.
flight birds
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
Migratory woodcock as opposed to locally hatched "residents". The woodcock is the only migratory upland gamebird other than the dove.
flare
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
When ducks or geese suddenly turn away from a decoy spread after detecting danger.
flagging
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
A technique for attracting geese and sometimes diving ducks wherein the hunter waves a black (for Canadas and divers) or white (for snow geese) flag at distant flocks.
fighting purr
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
A loud, aggressive purring sound made by turkeys before and during a fight.
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