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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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kryptogamic soil

Hunting & fishing; Sporting events

In very arid regions of the West, the soil is held firm against sudden winds and rains by a fragile network of organisms that binds it together in clumps. This soil is destroyed ...

krummholz

Hunting & fishing; Sporting events

A botanical term to describe high-elevation Englemann spruce that grow in very thick clusters above the normal timberline. These trees rarely grow higher than ten feet tall, and ...

kee kee

Hunting & fishing; Sporting events

The whistling sound made by young poults, especially when lost. A very important call in fall hunting.

kisser button

Hunting & fishing; Sporting events

An anchor locating device that is attached to the string, usually a small rubber or plastic disc that you fit in corner of you mouth on full draw and anchor. It helps keep a ...

jumping mule

Hunting & fishing; Sporting events

A mule trained for hunting raccoons and other animals, trained to jump fences while pursuing game.

jump shooting

Hunting & fishing; Sporting events

Hunting rabbits without benefit of hunting dogs, by kicking brush piles, traipsing through dense thickets and otherwise inciting the rabbits to flush from hiding.

jump the string

Hunting & fishing; Sporting events

When an animal hears the "twang" of an archer releasing an arrow and reacts, sometimes moving out of the path of the arrow before it arrives.