Hunting

Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to obtain the animal's body for meat and useful animal products (fur/hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, etc.), for recreation/taxidermy (see trophy hunting), although it may also be done for resourceful reasons such as removing predators dangerous to humans or domestic animals (e.g. wolf hunting), to eliminate pests and nuisance animals that damage crops/livestock/poultry or spread diseases (see varminting), for trade/tourism (see safari), or for ecol

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wild animals under pursuit or taken in hunting

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motif in northern European folk myth

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term used by big-game hunters to refer to large African animals

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hunting of wild animals for trophies

thumb|Bronze medallion depicting the fight between a man and a wild animal (venatio).

activity of gathering mushrooms in the wild

regulatory or legal mechanism to control hunting

lion that lived in the Hwange National Park

thumb|Trap nets used to trap birds (tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis); 14th century

Objection against killing of animals perceived as "cute" or otherwise desirable

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type of hunting

time when it is legal to hunt and kill a particular species

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A limer, or lymer , was a kind of dog, a scenthound, used on a leash in medieval times to find large game before it was hunted down by the pack. It was sometimes known as a lyam hound/dog or lime-hound, from the Middle English word lyam, meaning 'leash'. The French cognate limier has sometimes been used for the dogs in English as well. The type is not to be confused with the bandog, which was also a dog controlled by a leash, typically a chain, but was a watchdog or guard dog.

bag used by hunters to carry equipment

hunting of large animals

hypothesis that fish and other animals move according to the location of the moon in comparison to their bodies

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form of hunting with hounds

standardized, vivid shade of orange used for high visibility

trophy hunt in relatively small fenced-in area

A dog used to large game or cattle handling

temporary hideout or hiding place

thumb|270px|USSR stamp, 1988. The rider with his Taigan and his bird of prey are symbolic of the Kyrgyz hunter. Salburun (Kyrgyz : Салбуурун) is a traditional kind of hunt in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia, involving falconry, archery and sometimes mounted archery, as well as hunting with Taigan.

quantity of fish caught in fishing or game killed in hunting

type of horse