Wildlife Management Terms - G
Gambusia: mosquito fish
Game: species include any wild birds, fish, and mammals that are legally hunted, fished, or trapped by humans (harvested) for food or sport including: big game, small game, waterfowl, upland game birds, and fur bearers
Garfish: spotted fish, cigar-shaped, brown colored fish which reaches lengths of thirty inches with sharp, pointed teeth
Garter snake: common reptile, non-poisonous snake with three body length parallel stripes
Geographic Information System (GIS): unique assemblage of hardware, software, and personnel that integrates digital databases, spatial technologies, and analytical methods in order to capture, store, edit, analyze, and display geographic data
Geomorphology: study of the origin and evolution of topographic features created through physical, chemical, and biological processes on land and on the ocean floor
Goal: general direction that provides purpose for taking action
Gobbler: mature adult male turkey
Grassed waterways: constructed graded channels that are seeded with grass or vegetation. The vegetation slows the water and the grassed waterway conveys the water to a stable outlet, reducing channel erosion
Grasshopper: herbivorous (plant eating) insect with six legs and three body parts, the hind legs are adapted for leaping
Grasslands: area where vegetation is primarily perennial grasses
Ground water: water which enters the soil, following rain (precipitation)
Guard hairs: long, coarse hairs that forms a protective coating over an animal’s under fur
Guide services: providing any of the following services to hunters: advice to on how and/or where to hunt, positioning decoys, meat preparation, portage of equipment and materials, calling, stalking, pursuing, tracking, field dressing; carriage of hunters, hunter equipment, and/or animals harvested by the to which flesh of the gum covers a tooth
Grunt: low pitched vocal call made by a buck to indicate aggression toward another buck