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Definitions of fowling in various dictionaries:
verb - hunt fowl
verb - hunt fowl in the forest
noun - the hunting of birds
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Present participle of fowl. |
the hunting, shooting, or trapping of wildfowl. |
The hunting, shooting, or trapping of wildfowl. |
Fowling description |
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Fowling is the catching of birds for meat, feathers or any other part with commercial value. It is comparable to wildfowling, the practice of catching birds for food or sport. The term is perhaps better known in the Fens of eastern England than elsewhere, but was certainly not confined to the Fens. The land margins of the north produced down feathers from eider duck for eiderdowns and quilted jackets without necessarily killing the birds. In the Western Isles of Scotland, seabirds were taken from their nests on cliffs. In The Fens and other similar places, a decoy was part of a landowner's well-equipped estate. * The epitome of fowling was, however, the punt gunner. He had what amounted to a long, small-bore muzzle-loaded cannon. It was mounted along the centre-line of the forward half of a specially designed boat which slightly resembled a heavy wooden kayak in form. The fowler lay in the after half with paddle blades strapped to his forearms. The skill was to stalk a raft of duck until |