hunting season
Regulated harvest period
Hunting season is the period when hunting a particular animal is legally permitted: Deer hunting season opens next week.
Outside this window, taking game is typically prohibited to protect breeding populations.
Figuratively, hunting season describes any time when someone or something becomes a target for criticism or pursuit: It's hunting season on the mayor after that scandal.
- deerAntlered hoofed mammal
- trophy buckImpressive male deer hunted
- elkLarge North American cervid
- big gameLarge hunted wildlife
- duckWaterbird that quacks
duck call · game · rifle · gun safety · bag limit · venison · tag · wildlife · turkey · rut · field dressing · license · tree stand · trail camera · camouflage · blaze orange · pheasant · seasonal restrictions
- huntingtracking, deer calls, stands, flushing, rifle
- big game huntingrifle, antelope, pronghorn, rifles, arrows
- British huntingfoxhound, pheasant shooting, beagles, beagling, game keepers
- deer huntingwhitetail, buck, hind, doe, red deer
- small game huntinghare, rabbit, cottontail, jackrabbit, groundhog
- Southern huntingbag limits, game wardens, waterfowl, feral hogs, duck blinds
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Protected period for wildlife
off-season · hunting ban · breeding season · nesting season · spawning season
hunting seasonwildlife sanctuary
Protected area for animals
protected habitat · hunting ban · nature preserve · conservation area · wildlife refuge
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