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Rods & tackle

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kisser button

Hunting & fishing; Rods & tackle

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 consistent anchor point, ...

krummholz

Hunting & fishing; Rods & tackle

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 are a favorite ...

kryptogamic soil

Hunting & fishing; Rods & tackle

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 by the passage of any ...

laminated stock

Hunting & fishing; Rods & tackle

A rifle stock milled from layers of wood laminated together.

follow-up shot

Hunting & fishing; Rods & tackle

The second shot that a hunter must fire if he has wounded a big-game animal.

forkhorn

Hunting & fishing; Rods & tackle

A deer with two points on each of his antlers, sometimes known as a "two-point" in the West.

frizzen

Hunting & fishing; Rods & tackle

A strike plate for the flint attached to the hammer of a flintlock rifle. When the hammer strikes the metal frizzen, sparks shower into the pan and conduct fire into the barrel of the gun, igniting ...