Glossary
Fish and Game Warden Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential fish and game warden terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key fish and game warden vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in fish and game warden training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Bag limit
- The number of animals that may be taken.
- Baiting
- Using food to attract game, often regulated.
- BUI
- Boating under the influence.
- Citation
- A ticket for a violation.
- Evidence
- Items supporting a violation case.
- Game management unit
- A defined area for wildlife management.
- Hunter education
- Required safety training for hunters.
- Lacey Act
- A federal law against wildlife trafficking.
- Nuisance wildlife
- Animals causing conflicts with people.
- PFD
- Personal flotation device.
- Poaching
- Illegal taking of wildlife.
- Search and rescue
- Finding lost or injured people.
- Season
- The legal time for hunting or fishing.
- Spotlighting
- Using lights to illegally hunt at night.
- Tag
- A permit attached to harvested game.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Fish and Game Warden practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Fish and Game Warden training.
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