13 Terms
Contributors in Sporting events
Sporting events
withers
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
The ridge on a horse's back just above its shoulders. A good hunting horse has fairly high withers so that the saddle doesn't slip off to the side.
windage unit
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
On more expensive sights you can move the whole sight assembly left or right (windage) to zero in your point of impact. Cheaper sights have individually adjustable pins for "windage" adjustment.
windage
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
The horizontal point of impact of a bullet. When sighting in a rifle, the shooter must adjust the windage of the rifle if its point of impact is to the left or right of center. Its vertical ...
wingbone call
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
A caller usually made from the wingbones of a wild turkey. The hunter sucks on the call to make sounds.
windsocks
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
Rags tied into small windsocks. Usually used for snow geese.
wild flush
Hunting & fishing; Sporting events
When a gamebird flushes far ahead of the dogs and/or the guns at the outside edge of gun range or out of range. Wild flushes often occur on windy days and later in the season when the birds have been ...
