hunting season

collocation in English

meaningsofhuntingandseason

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hunting
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhʌn.tɪŋ/us
/ˈhʌn.t̬ɪŋ/
chasing and killing an animal or bird for food, sport, ...
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season
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsiː.zən/us
/ˈsiː.zən/
one of the four periods of the year; spring, summer, autumn, ...
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(Definition ofhuntingandseasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhunting season

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A large proportion of eachhuntingseasonwas simply spent waiting for the correct conditions.
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This might include regular censuses of the population, especially prior to thehuntingseason.
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Thus, at least 40 % of those juveniles that survived into thehuntingseasonshowed evidence of contact with avian poxvirus.
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Red-legged partridges breed during the spring, and the young birds reach adult size by the start of the openhuntingseason.
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The quantity of feeding stuffs involved is 47 tons per month during thehuntingseason.
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It also means that the ban comes in before the start of a newhuntingseason.
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Secondly, the springhuntingseasonhas been shortened by 18 days.
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To be added to that is the possible late start to the traditionalhuntingseason.
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The virus prevalence was 6.8 % (23/337) in the 1998-1999huntingseason, 3.1 % (11/354) in the 1999-2000 season, and 1.9 % (10/536) in the 2000 - 2001 season.
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Since supplementations are usually carried out by releasing young birds near the start of thehuntingseason, this finding suggested that any effects of local recent supplementation were avoided.
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I do not know whether it is thehuntingseason, the boating season or the racing season.
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Thehuntingseasonwas again closed from 1966 to 1974.
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The ducks were used as decoys during duckhuntingseason.
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Autumn is considered the romantic andhuntingseason.
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The refuge closes the campground duringhuntingseason.
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It has few visitors except during the fallhuntingseason.
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There is nohuntingseasonfor bears in the state.
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I would suggest that it would be reasonable to allow this season to proceed and to allow one furtherhuntingseason.
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Thehuntingseasonhas started, and it is evident that people have made financial and employment commitments to cover this season.
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It started with the derogation in the 2004huntingseasonand continued in subsequent years and, to all appearances, it is continuing this year.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
However, it will have the advantage of ensuring that the ban will come into force before the start of the main 2006–07huntingseason.
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Everyone who has studied the matter in detail knows that more than 200 cases have been recorded and more occur eachhuntingseason.
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It will mean that the winter of 2005–06 will be the lasthuntingseasonand that there will be no hunting after that.
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Adjoining property is privately owned and may be posted, especially duringhuntingseason.
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