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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