How to Use game bird in a Sentence
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The rest of the cases have been among ducks, backyard chickens and game birds.
— Jen Christensen, CNN, 5 May 2023 -
Dove season has arrived, and with that begins a harvest of game birds across the state of Texas.
— Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 11 Sep. 2019 -
Here are a few ways to outsmart one of the smartest game birds on the planet—the late-season rooster pheasant.
— Jarrod Spilger, Field & Stream, 23 Dec. 2019 -
This game bird is difficult to find in Texas, but Cooper’s stocks it ($35 per bird).
— Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 14 June 2021 -
And many more hunters are afield this time of year with deer, waterfowl and upland game bird seasons open.
— Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 10 Dec. 2020 -
In 1948, de Mestral took a two-week holiday from work to go game bird hunting.
— Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2021 -
Another story on the site showed the group in hunting garb, many of them holding rifles, with their haul of game birds.
— Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 2 Dec. 2019 -
In 1998, Ohioans were asked to weigh in on whether mourning doves should be categorized as game birds and hunted.
— Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, 5 July 2018 -
Foragers and hunters will supply the late-fall and early-winter kitchen with wild mushrooms, nuts, game birds, deer, moose, bear.
— Pete Wells, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018 -
The woods turned out to be full of pheasants — nonnative game birds imported to Britain each year by the tens of millions for shooting.
— Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 26 July 2023 -
All kinds of red meat, as well as chicken, turkey and game birds, get on famously with chocolate.
— Sue Quinn, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019 -
But all of those advances and others worked to drive away upland game birds from the Grand Kankakee Marsh, hunting experts said.
— Carrie Napoleon, Post-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2017 -
Sunflowers are planted by hand each year to attract game birds.
— Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 11 July 2018 -
The extended season, open until Feb. 15, gives hunters another six weeks to have a shot at these fine game birds.
— John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Jan. 2020 -
The verdict is still out as to how hard the iconic game birds may have been hit by the cold blast, according to Robert Perez, upland game bird program leader.
— Matt Williams, Dallas News, 26 Feb. 2021 -
The verdict is still out as to how hard the iconic game birds may have been hit by the cold blast, according to Robert Perez, upland game bird program leader.
— Matt Williams, Dallas News, 26 Feb. 2021 -
Quail cook fast and make a fun introduction to game birds for folks who rarely venture beyond chicken.
— Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 11 Sep. 2019 -
As with most examples of Dolcetto, enjoy this over the next 2-5 years, and pair with dishes such as roast chicken or lighter game birds.
— Tom Hyland, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023 -
The native game bird was wiped out in the late 1800s in the Badger State due to unregulated hunting, overexploitation and habitat loss.
— Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023 -
Historically the state’s most pursued game bird, Ol’ Ruff hangs out in places every Minnesotan should visit but few do.
— Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020 -
Fire also was important to the plantation landowners who hunted bobwhite quail, a small and much-loved game bird that lives on lands subject to frequent fires.
— Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2022 -
People don't think much about the health of insect populations, but their abundance is critical for the development of small birds and game birds.
— Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2018 -
If deer or game birds are observed while driving, the DNR asks survey participants to only record sightings when the vehicle is stopped.
— Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 29 July 2023 -
To most, a partridge probably brings to mind something like the plump little chukar, a partridge native to Eurasia and introduced to North America as a game bird.
— National Geographic, 23 Dec. 2017 -
Predators include foxes and bobcats, but since flamingos pose little threat to humans and are not considered game birds, No.
— Daniel Victor, New York Times, 27 June 2018 -
These spots offer pasture-raised, humanely treated beef, pork, lamb, and chicken, as well as less common choices such as goat, venison, and game birds.
— Bloomberg, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2018 -
Those that are hunting doves also must have the migratory game bird endorsement and be HIP-certified.
— Nathan Giese, Chron, 20 Aug. 2021 -
Zebari hunted the kaw, or chukar partridge, a game bird with zebra flanks that is an unofficial national bird of Kurdistan, prized for its song and meat.
— New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022 -
In addition to horses, llamas and alpacas are know to be susceptible to EEE, as well as emus, ostriches, and some non-native species of game birds like pheasants and quail.
— Jaclyn Reiss, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2019 -
An announcement from the agency’s fish and wildlife division explained that the development was meant to create a habitat for the American woodcock, a game bird.
— Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
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