Across
- 3. : The term that refers to a life of little to no physical activity, spending a lot of time seated.
- 6. pox : A disease in turkeys that is transmitted primarily by blood-feeding arthropods
- 9. forest : This term refers to is the observed process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time.
- 12. : Provides cover and from predators and brood habitat in the winter months.
- 13. mortality : The premise that each animal killed by hunters is and additional death that adds to the overall mortality rate.
- 14. turkey: The species of turkey that is found only in the peninsula of Florida and has tail feathers and coverts that are tipped with a chestnut brown color.
- 17. mortality : The concept that mortality resulting from hunting will be compensated for by a reduction in mortality from other factors such as predation or weather.
- 19. : The term that refers to sitting on or brooding the eggs of birds to hatch them.
- 21. : Know as the “blackhead disease,” and is caused by protozoan parasites.
- 23. game : Game that makes annual long or short distance movement between breeding and non-breeding ranges.
- 24. : the concept that an inverse relationship exist between productivity and abundance. Therefore a population reduced by hunting will be more successful.
- 27. : Juvenile hens that move 2 to 3 times as far as adults, over 20 miles from winter home ranges.
- 28. mast : the type of food that comes from trees and makes up 50-70% of the turkeys diet in the fall and winter months
- 29. turkey : The species of turkey that is found primarily in the Ponderosa Pines and western mountain regions of the U.S.
- 32. habitat : Ideal turkey habitat in which it consist of herbaceous ground cover of 90%, average canopy height of 20 inches, and overhead or nearby tree cover of 10-50%.
- 33. Grande turkey : The species of turkey that is native to the central plain states and has tail and covert feathers that are tipped with tan or yellowish- buff.
- 34. hatching : the term refers to when all grouse eggs hatch within 24 hours of one another.
- 35. : When male ruffed grouse advertise their presence and define their territory, peaks in spring and fall.
- 36. turkey : The turkey species in which both male and females are bronze-green with no difference in breast feather colors, has no bread
Down
- 1. : The term that refers to the fleshy protrubances that hang over their bills and can be extended or contracted at will.
- 2. populations : The concept that as prey population goes down in Canada and Alaska when the predator population goes up in the great lakes.
- 3. ground : The term that refers to a clear-cut area where male woodcocks performs mating rituals.
- 4. surplus : The concept that most animals produce more young than necessary to maintain the population, therefore removing these individuals with hunting will not affect the population.
- 5. game : Game that requires the absence of farming, grazing, and forest management.
- 7. turkey : The species of turkey that is the largest of the subspecies with longer legs and larger feet.
- 8. game : Game that inhabits non-cultivated land, compatible with forestry and livestock operations, and has a cruising radius of 5 miles or more.
- 10. : The term that describes how chicks are fed by the mother hen for the first 3-4 day after hatching
- 11. turkey : The species of turkey that is most widely distributed, abundant, and hunted in the U.S.
- 14. : The term that refers to an animal that eats both plants and animals.
- 15. returns : the concept that hunting is self-regulated because as the season progresses, hunter numbers and success rates decrease.
- 16. game : Game that requires cultivated land, non-migratory, and has a short cruising radius of less than 1 mile.
- 18. : a physical trait that allows upland birds to be able to walk on snow as if they had snowshoes.
- 20. : Small tree seedlings that make great brood habitat in the winter months.
- 21. : Harvest information program
- 22. : the term that refers to land that provides breeding, nesting, brood-rearing, and fall habitat all within 40 acers.
- 25. sexually : the differences in appearance between males and females of the same species.
- 26. : The term that refers to removing all trees in an area of land.
- 30. Leopold : The father of wildlife management.
- 31. : The term that refers to a seedling/spling forrest.
- 37. surplus : The number of animals produced that exceed the carrying capacity of the habitat.