Hunter Education- Today's Hunter

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Across
  1. 1. saving natural resources, but with no consumptive use of them
  2. 3. complete environmental requirements of an animal for survival: food, water, cover, space, and arrangement
  3. 4. science and practice of maintaining wildlife populations and their habitats
  4. 5. animal that kills other animals for food
  5. 7. the ratio of number of deaths in a species to total population of that species spanning on year
  6. 9. Success is determined by bagging the limit.
  7. 11. the metal tube that the projectile (bullets) travels through
  8. 12. serves as the handle of the firearm
  9. 13. the number of animals the habitat can support throughout the year without damage to the animals or to the habitat
  10. 15. Success is measured by the total experience- the appreciation of the out of doors and the animal being hunted, the process of the hunt, and the companionship of other hunters.
  11. 17. In this stage,the process of hunting becomes the focus.
Down
  1. 2. The priority is getting of a shot, rather than patiently waiting for a good shot.
  2. 6. the heart of the gun
  3. 8. The hunter is selective and judges success by quality rather than quantity.
  4. 10. natural progression of vegetation and wildlife populations in an area; for example, as trees grow and form a canopy, shrubs and grasses will disappear along with the wildlife that use them as cover
  5. 11. the ratio of number of young born to females of a species to total population of that species over one year
  6. 14. wise use of natural resources, without wasting them
  7. 16. Moral principles or values that distinguish between right and wrong; they are unwritten rules that society expects to be followed