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