gamekeeping
Preserving hunting grounds
Gamekeeping is the work of managing wildlife and habitat on an estate or hunting ground.
A gamekeeper breeds and protects game birds like pheasants, controls predators, and maintains the land for shooting.
The term extends metaphorically to any protective stewardship of resources: The IT department's gamekeeping of user permissions.
Discharging a weapon
- huntingPursuing wild game
- beatersTools for mixing
- gundogsCanines bred for hunting
- flushSame suit, five cards
drive · beat · season · license · moorland · heathland · woodland · estate
Large ornamental game bird
hare · rabbit · woodcock · snipe · gamebird · wildfowl · vermin · fox
Property and grounds
- landownerOne possessing real estate
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- custodianGuardian of a place
responsibility · upkeep · ethics · rural · countryside · tenancy · preservation · husbandry
Concealing undergrowth or plumage
- hedgerowLinear shrub boundary
- copseSmall group of trees
- woodlandForested land area
- heatherMoorland flowering shrub
burning · bracken · scrubland · wetland · shelter · planting · waterhole · grit
Range of life forms
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- protectionGuarding against harm
shooting
Discharging a weapon
flush · drive · beat · season · license · moorland · heathland · woodland · estate · trap
pheasant
Large ornamental game bird
deer · hare · rabbit · woodcock · snipe · gamebird · wildfowl · vermin · fox · stoat
estate
Property and grounds
- landownerOne possessing real estate
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
custodian · responsibility · upkeep · ethics · rural · countryside · tenancy · preservation · husbandry · craft
coverts
Concealing undergrowth or plumage
heather · burning · bracken · scrubland · wetland · shelter · planting · waterhole · grit
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
protection · reintroduction · monitoring · survey · balance
- keeping thingssafekeeping, recordkeeping, bookkeeping, housekeeping, timekeeping
gamekeepingpoaching
Unlawful wildlife capture
animal rights activism · conservation biology · wildlife preservation · wildlife protection · animal protection
gamekeepingrewilding
Restoring natural ecosystems
wilding · wolf reintroduction · natural regeneration · letting nature take its course · non-intervention
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