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What provides the set of guiding principles for managing wildlife resources? Seven Rules for Fair Chase Seven Sisters of Habitat Reconstruction North American Free Trade Agreement North American Model of Wildlife Conservation

North American Model of Wildlife Conservation

What must be true for an animal to be classified as legal game? be a carnivore or omnivore be useful, primarily for food be easy for hunters to track be located on private property

be useful, primarily for food

Each rifle or handgun is designed to be used with a specific type of: cartridge shotshell gauge choke

cartridge

To survive, every animal needs a proper arrangement of food, water, cover, and space. These items make up the animal's: carrying capacity edge effect habitat conservation

habitat

To set hunting regulations, wildlife managers monitor habitat conditions. They also monitor: herd behavior migration activity birth and death rates overall health

birth and death rates

How is a single-shot firearm different from a repeating firearm? A single-shot firearm has extra cartridges or shotshells ready in a magazine. A single-shot firearm is always a break action. A single-shot firearm must be reloaded each time the firearm is fired. A single-shot firearm is safe and cannot be fired accidentally.

A single-shot firearm must be reloaded each time the firearm is fired.

What is the hunter's role in wildlife conservation? to help control wildlife populations at a healthy balance for the habitat to help focus attention on wildlife and the importance of conservation to share the experience of the outdoors with non-hunters to remove unhealthy animals from game populations

to help control wildlife populations at a healthy balance for the habitat