fowlers
Those trapping wildfowl
Fowlers are people who hunt wild birds.
The term is old-fashioned, largely replaced by bird hunters or simply hunters.
Fowling was once a common practice for food and sport, using nets, traps, or guns.
The word survives mainly in historical contexts and surnames.
Those who snare wildlife
- wildfowlersHunters of wild birds
- gamesmenStrategic competitors
- shotgunnersPeople wielding spread-fire firearms
- decoysObjects meant to mislead
blinds · waterfowl · marshlands · retrievers · duck hunting · goose hunting · wetlands · camouflage
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Skilled manual trade workers
- tradesmenSkilled manual laborers
- poultrymenThose raising domestic birds
- nettersThose who catch with mesh
- Victorian eraBritain under its longest-reigning queen
trappers
Those who snare wildlife
- wildfowlersHunters of wild birds
- gamesmenStrategic competitors
- shotgunnersPeople wielding spread-fire firearms
decoys · blinds · waterfowl · marshlands · retrievers · duck hunting · goose hunting · wetlands · camouflage · calling
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craftsmen
Skilled manual trade workers
- tradesmenSkilled manual laborers
- poultrymenThose raising domestic birds
- nettersThose who catch with mesh