Hunting- a sport that seems a wild and cruel to large no.of people beside which many among the crowd take it only as a sport. The wounded deer hunting no doubt is very attention requiring work as a simple and minute blunder can result in a big loss hence, for this man-made the use of his best friend-a dog. YES in various circumstances dog has proved itself to be man’s best friend and the same is the case of hunting. It has shown its skills brilliantly to help up the hunters as well.

Hunters have various tricks, but one of the oldest trick is to have a dog as a hunting partner.

There are 30 well-recognize sporting breeds, according to the American Kennel Club, and many dogs—of any of the other breed!—can be taught the essentials to be a perfect hunting companion but a general question that would arise in your mind would be:

• When did hunters start using dogs?

• TYPES OF DOGS

  According to today’s hunting, dogs fall into three main categories, with a no. of breeds belonging to each category based on the appearance and abilities of dogs.

  • Terriers

  Terriers are small dogs that are used to hunt small game, such as birds or rabbits, or maybe to track the wounded large animals such as deer. These dogs are still common hunting partners in various parts of the world, but they have largely become house pets in the U.S. Examples include Airedales, Jack Russell terriers.

  • Gun Dogs

  Its  job is to pursue game animals that are hidden. They are able to detect a prey animal’s scent in the air at closer range, will flush birds and small game, and some retrieve downed animals also. Gun dogs are mostly useful when hunting upland and wetland game, birds, and small mammals. Examples include Labrador retrievers, English pointers.

  • Hounds

  A hound is trained to be built for stamina, as its job is to chase and run behind game black-and-tan coonhound and foxhound. They mostly have loud barks and perfect noses. Some are specialized in treeing game such as squirrels until their hunter arrives. Hounds excel at hunting deer, coyote, wild boar. Examples include the mountain cur

Listen to the best books of science 2016. Nice introduction. 

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[content warning: both the book and this post contain discussion of sexual assault and rape. Skip this one if you need to. <3]

Continuing this week’s theme, I can’t quite manage to review this one in the normal sense. It’s a book that I loved deeply and that I felt deeply, but which I’m having trouble talking about. I spent the entire time I was reading it on the verge of tears and yet I couldn’t say exactly why. If you want a really good actual review, I’ll point you to Brandy’s, which does a great job of capturing the book’s strengths.

E.K. Johnston is at this point one of my favorite authors and one I’ll pretty much automatically read. This is her fourth published book, and it’s a bit different in that it’s within the contemporary and realistic genre, rather than the fantasy she’s published to date. And yet, as she’s said, this is perhaps the most fantasy book she’s written.

Part of the difficulty of talking about this book for me is that it’s just so complex. How can you do justice to this story when you’re pulling out different threads? Saying that it’s a Shakespearean retelling, or a cheerleading story, or even a story about friendship doesn’t capture it. And while it’s true that this is a book about the aftermath of rape, it’s doing something a little different from books like Speak or All the Rage (which are wonderful!).

Perhaps the reason I kept wanting to cry is the distance between what Johnston shows us and what we normally see, not only in fiction but in real life. Two weeks after this book came out, Jian Ghomeshi was acquitted of all charges and the judge basically put the victims on trial instead. The ongoing legal battle to free Kesha from being forced to work with the man who raped her also reappeared just after this book was published. Every personal story of sexual assault that I’ve been trusted with has had people doubting accounts, dismissing concerns.

Johnston gives us something different here: a story where something terrible happens, and then people react the way they should. By giving us a version of the world where Hermione is believed, where she is treated well by the adults in charge, where she is given space to remain herself, Johnston asks us to consider that our current reality need not be this way. There are certainly unkind people in this book (LEO, UGH) but they are exceptions. And Hermione refuses to lose herself: her love of cheerleading, her friendships, her identity. She refuses to become “that raped girl.” I appreciated that she is level-headed about this, and also that it’s a process that’s slow, hard, and ultimately hopeful.

I read this book feeling, as I’m feeling now, a strange mix of anger, sorrow, hope, and determination. It challenges us to make our world closer to this one, to make our reactions to terrible situations the kind that will foster belief, support, and healing.

Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear return with the third book in their Iskryne trilogy, AN APPRENTICE TO ELVES (A Tor Hardcover, $26.99, On-Sale: October 13, 2015). The third collaboration between renowned fantasy writers Bear and Monette, the trilogy began with A Companion to Wolves, and continued inThe Tempering of Men. Separately, Bear and Monette  have been nominated for and won the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, and Locus awards –  among others. Together, they have created the world of the Iskryne, a warrior culture with telephathic wolf companions.

AN APPRENTICE TO ELVES picks up the story of Alfgyfa, a young woman who has been raised in the Wolfhall by her father, Isolfr. The warrior culture of Iskryne forbids many things to women-and most especially it forbids them bonding to one of the giant telepathic trellwolves. But as her father was no ordinary boy, Alfgyfa is no ordinary girl. Her father has long planned to send his daughter to Tin, a matriarch among the elves who live nearby, to be both apprentice and ambassador, and now she is of age to go.

Publishers Weekly declares that Bear and Monette "have boldly created a fascinating world that begs further exploration” and RT Book Reviews points out that “Monette and Bear each excel at creating unique worlds... It's no surprise that this joint effort combines their strengths into something extraordinary.” The third book from this stellar team is the perfect place to dive into their fascinating world.

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A rollicking steampunk Wild West adventure featuring authentically diverse characters, including BASS REEVES, aka the coolest person ever. I thoroughly enjoyed this one, and Karen’s voice. It’s funny and sad and serious all at the same time. I thought the mystery aspect was fairly well done, although I did see the solution a bit earlier than the characters. All in all, if you want the feel of a Wild West yarn without getting metaphorically punched in the face, this is a good one.