Across
- 3. Rubber boots for the duck marsh
- 5. Short name for camouflage clothing
- 7. The alarm sound a whitetail makes before it bolts
- 11. Upland bird that flushes explosively
- 12. Male duck
- 13. What a bird dog does when it locates a bird
- 16. A muddy pool where elk and bison roll
- 18. The call a bull elk makes in September
- 20. Creep slowly toward an animal without being detected
- 22. Young buck with unbranched antler points
- 24. Where turkeys sleep at night, usually high in a tree
- 25. A fixed position where a hunter waits for game
- 26. The most common duck in North America
- 29. An antler dropped naturally after the rut
- 30. An artificial bait used to attract fish or game
- 31. The individual points of an antler
- 34. Animal droppings left on a trail
- 36. Fake bird placed to attract the real thing
- 37. A turkey tom, especially at full strut
- 39. A buck's full set of antlers
- 40. Archery hunter's weapon
Down
- 1. As in ___ dress; what you do to game right after the shot
- 2. Largest member of the deer family
- 4. Bony headgear shed by a buck each winter
- 6. Female deer
- 8. Small upland bird that flushes in a covey
- 9. What you can't hide after a good shot
- 10. Distance from hunter to target
- 12. How you move a deer out of the woods alone
- 13. What you do to a horse or llama before a backcountry trip
- 14. Follow an animal's footprints
- 15. Brush or vegetation that hides game from predators
- 17. Shake antlers together to mimic a buck fight
- 18. Concealed hide for waterfowl hunters
- 19. Pack animal used in elk country
- 21. Deer breeding season in fall
- 22. How a gobbler displays for hens
- 23. Bugling cervid of the western mountains
- 25. Odor that can give away a hunter's position
- 27. Send birds into the air
- 28. The front sight on a shotgun barrel
- 32. A bull elk's two upper canine teeth, prized as jewelry
- 33. Soft skin covering a growing antler
- 35. The rear sight groove on a rifle
- 38. A shallow valley that funnels deer between ridges