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  2. Field dressing (hunting) - Wikipedia

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    Most hunters use a sharp knife for field dressing. Other tools can be used such as axes or saws. However, the fact that harvesting locations are generally in remote areas makes the transporting and use of larger tools impractical. Using a knife specifically designed for field dressing and the use of surgical gloves can greatly aid in sanitation ...

  3. Deer hunting - Wikipedia

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    From the 1930s, the government employed professional hunters to cull the deer population. Market hunting for deer hides was a significant activity during the 1940's and 50's, and meat hunting from helicopters continues today, with the main market for wild venison being Europe. Deer hunting in New Zealand is a popular recreational activity ...

  4. Cyperaceae - Wikipedia

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    The Cyperaceae (/ ˌ s aɪ p ə ˈ r eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges.The family is large; botanists have described some 5,500 known species in about 90 genera [3] [4] – the largest being the "true sedges" (genus Carex), [5] [6] with over 2,000 species.

  5. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers - Wikipedia

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    Backcountry Hunters & Anglers works to prevent the development of wild land in North America [3] and follows the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation as a basis for its positions. The organization was "born around an Oregon campfire in 2004" [ 4 ] and has chapters in 48 states, as well as the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British ...

  6. Professional hunter - Wikipedia

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    German professional hunters (Berufsjäger or Berufsjägerinnen depending on gender) mostly work for large private forest estates and for state-owned forest enterprises, where they control browsing by reducing the numbers of ungulates like roe deer or chamois, manage populations of sought-after trophy species like red deer and act as hunting guides for paying clients.

  7. Carex pellita - Wikipedia

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    Carex pellita grows in wet and dry areas in a number of habitat types, including disturbed areas such as ditches and roadsides. This sedge grows in colonies of individuals made up of clumps of stems 30 centimetres to one metre in height from a network of spreading rhizomes .

  8. Carex - Wikipedia

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    Carex is a vast genus of over 2,000 species [2] of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called true sedges , and it is the most species-rich genus in the family.

  9. Carex hirta - Wikipedia

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    Carex hirta, the hairy sedge or hammer sedge, [1] is a species of sedge native across Europe. It has characteristic hairy leaves and inflorescences , and is the type species of the genus Carex . Description