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limb hanger

limb hanger  n.— «The real limb-hangers are four or five years old or more, and chances are most of them get whipped regularly by two- and three-year old birds.» —by Richard P. Combs Advanced Turkey Hunting Feb. 1, 2002...

limb hanger

limb hanger  n.— «I didn’t even have to move the gun, just knocked it off safe and dropped him in his tracks. He scored 18 lbs, 10″ beard, and 1 1/2″ spurs. A real limb hanger!!!» —by Gary Caughman Tomturkey’s Web...

limb hanger

limb hanger
 n.— «The Primos Limb Hanger is nice too, but difficult to call softly on.» —“Re: Which Turkey Calls are best?” by John S. Shinal Usenet: rec.hunting Mar. 29, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

limb hanger

limb hanger  n.— «“What we’re trying to do is enhance the population by sort of speeding it up, by bringing birds in and releasing them in the area,” said Dave Arbour, a member of Limb Hangers, a NWTF chapter named after the way the...

sonker

sonker  n.— «There is nothing very distinctive about the sonker itself—it may be made with either flour or breadcrumbs—except for this: The filling is whatever’s handy at the time.» —“What makes sonker a sonker after being songle or...

jitterbug

jitterbug  v.— «“How can you stop the fighting?” The question puzzles Vincent. He cannot imagine a world in which there is no such “jitterbugging.”…He has been “jitterbugging” since he was about 13 and...