How to Use game bird in a Sentence

game bird

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  • The rest of the cases have been among ducks, backyard chickens and game birds.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 5 May 2023
  • The game birds are especially averse to pine trees for this reason.
    — Andrew Weeks, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Sunflowers are planted by hand each year to attract game birds.
    — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 11 July 2018
  • And many more hunters are afield this time of year with deer, waterfowl and upland game bird seasons open.
    — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Small mammals and game birds like grouse and wild turkeys will feast on the bugs, as will black bears and other foragers.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2024
  • All kinds of red meat, as well as chicken, turkey and game birds, get on famously with chocolate.
    — Sue Quinn, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Dove season has arrived, and with that begins a harvest of game birds across the state of Texas.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Here are a few ways to outsmart one of the smartest game birds on the planet—the late-season rooster pheasant.
    — Jarrod Spilger, Field & Stream, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Quail cook fast and make a fun introduction to game birds for folks who rarely venture beyond chicken.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Another story on the site showed the group in hunting garb, many of them holding rifles, with their haul of game birds.
    — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Foragers and hunters will supply the late-fall and early-winter kitchen with wild mushrooms, nuts, game birds, deer, moose, bear.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2018
  • This game bird is difficult to find in Texas, but Cooper’s stocks it ($35 per bird).
    — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 14 June 2021
  • In 1948, de Mestral took a two-week holiday from work to go game bird hunting.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2021
  • The woods turned out to be full of pheasants — nonnative game birds imported to Britain each year by the tens of millions for shooting.
    — Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 26 July 2023
  • In 1998, Ohioans were asked to weigh in on whether mourning doves should be categorized as game birds and hunted.
    — Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, 5 July 2018
  • Fire also was important to the plantation landowners who hunted bobwhite quail, a small and much-loved game bird that lives on lands subject to frequent fires.
    — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2022
  • Predators include foxes and bobcats, but since flamingos pose little threat to humans and are not considered game birds, No.
    — Daniel Victor, New York Times, 27 June 2018
  • But all of those advances and others worked to drive away upland game birds from the Grand Kankakee Marsh, hunting experts said.
    — Carrie Napoleon, Post-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2017
  • As with most examples of Dolcetto, enjoy this over the next 2-5 years, and pair with dishes such as roast chicken or lighter game birds.
    — Tom Hyland, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • People don't think much about the health of insect populations, but their abundance is critical for the development of small birds and game birds.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Its texture means haggis can also be usefully deployed in fine dining alongside leaner meat like venison or as a stuffing for poultry and game birds.
    — Angus MacKinnon, CNN, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The verdict is still out as to how hard the iconic game birds may have been hit by the cold blast, according to Robert Perez, upland game bird program leader.
    — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 26 Feb. 2021
  • In addition to a new license, dove hunters will need to purchase a Texas migratory game bird stamp endorsement before hunting.
    — Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2020
  • State officials say that besides ensuring access, the easement would conserve habitat for big game, waterfowl, upland game birds and nongame wildlife.
    — USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Zebari hunted the kaw, or chukar partridge, a game bird with zebra flanks that is an unofficial national bird of Kurdistan, prized for its song and meat.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The two game birds look similar and were ending up on people's dinner tables in basically the same way, McKean says.
    — Natalie Escobar, NPR, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Red-legged partridges have been a favorite game bird in Europe for millennia; its bones even show up in Paleolithic settlements.
    — Maggie Koerth, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Those that are hunting doves also must have the migratory game bird endorsement and be HIP-certified.
    — Nathan Giese, Chron, 20 Aug. 2021
  • That news coincided with other observations gladdening the hearts of hunters and others who follow the fortunes of one of the state’s most treasured upland game birds.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 8 June 2019
  • If deer or game birds are observed while driving, the DNR asks survey participants to only record sightings when the vehicle is stopped.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 29 July 2023

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