Open season (hunting)
Encyclopedia
Open season is a hunting
term
used to describe the time of the year when a particular wildlife
species is allowed to be hunted as per local wildlife conservation
law. It is timed to occur when the population is at its maximum and to avoid periods of vulnerability, it avoids the peak breeding period
when members of a species are particularly vulnerable and avoids any disruption to mating, which may affect productivity.
By extension, the period that is not the "Open season" is known as the "Closed season
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Hunting
Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife, for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to applicable law...
term
Technical terminology
Technical terminology is the specialized vocabulary of any field, not just technical fields. The same is true of the synonyms technical terms, terms of art, shop talk and words of art, which do not necessarily refer to technology or art...
used to describe the time of the year when a particular wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative....
species is allowed to be hunted as per local wildlife conservation
Wildlife management
Wildlife management attempts to balance the needs of wildlife with the needs of people using the best available science. Wildlife management can include game keeping, wildlife conservation and pest control...
law. It is timed to occur when the population is at its maximum and to avoid periods of vulnerability, it avoids the peak breeding period
Breeding season
The breeding season is the most suitable season, usually with favourable conditions and abundant food and water, for breeding among some wild animals and birds . Species with a breeding season have naturally evolved to have sexual intercourse during a certain time of year in order to achieve the...
when members of a species are particularly vulnerable and avoids any disruption to mating, which may affect productivity.
By extension, the period that is not the "Open season" is known as the "Closed season
Closed season
A closed season is a hunting term used to describe the time of the year during which hunting an animal of a given species is contrary to law. Typically, closed seasons are designed to protect a species when they are most vulnerable or, sometimes, to protect them during their breeding season.-...
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