The snipe hunt may be assigned to a target as either part of a process of hazing, in which the object is to initiate the snipe hunter into the group, or as part of a process of ostracism intended to encourage ( or force ) a person, perceived to be an unwanted interloper, to withdraw from the group's presence.

* In the Boy Scouts of America, new scouts are sent to retrieve items such as a left-handed smoke shifter or a bacon stretcher, find fifty feet of shoreline to practice knots, go on a snipe hunt, ask other camps for some elbow grease, find an inflatable dartboard, or borrow a cup of propane or some white lampblack.

Many regions have an imaginary being used as a snipe hunt.

They hunt by sight, rather than by feel as longer-billed waders like snipe do.

The military role of a sniper ( a term derived from the snipe, a bird which was difficult to hunt and shoot ) dates back to the turn of the 18th century, but the true sniper rifle is a much more recent development.

* Another term for a snipe hunt, an impossible task

They hunt by sight, rather than by feel as do longer-billed waders like snipe.

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The snipe hunt will continue until the apprentice gives up, catches on or runs out of people / places to search.

Most often the myth is used as a practical joke or snipe hunt played on junior sailors, exploiting their naivete and natural curiosity with their new surroundings.

Sometimes the snipe hunt is dispensed with altogether, with the senior sailor merely pointing to a spot on the deck and inviting the junior examine it.

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After Hines had turned and walked away from Elliott, Buford asked Elliott whether he wanted to go on a snipe hunt, then shot him point-blank with a double-barreled shotgun filled with twelve buckshot, as he had sworn on his sister's grave he would do.

The family's common name is misleading, as they do not resemble true snipe, having short bills on small heads, and seeds do not form a major part of the diet.

" Let's All Go to the Lobby " is a 1957 animated musical snipe played as an advertisement before the beginning of the main film.

The origin of the term is a practical joke where inexperienced campers are told about a bird or animal called the snipe as well as a usually preposterous method of catching it, such as running around the woods carrying a bag or making strange noises such as banging rocks together.

Real snipe ( a family of shorebirds ) are difficult to catch for experienced hunters, so much so that the word " sniper " is derived from it to refer to anyone skilled enough to shoot one.

Associated with the wild-plant diversity of the " unimproved " grasslands is usually a rich invertebrate fauna ; also there are many species of birds that are grassland " specialists ", such as the snipe and the Great Bustard.

A snipe is any of about 25 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae.

The snipe is part of the wader family Scolopacidae.

The head is barred with black, not striped like that of its close relatives, the snipe.

It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes.

There is a diverse breeding bird community including lapwing, snipe and redshank.

It is also Worcestershire ’ s most important site for jack snipe, and more than 170 other bird species have been recorded here.

A snipe is a wading bird.

A tenar can sense and track isolated weapons fire and respond automatically making it very dangerous to snipe a God King, however once a certain amount of weapons fire is present in the environment the " noise " keeps the tenar from being able to keep track and can no longer identify specific threats.

When Lonna arrives at Redwall, he manages to kill many sea rats, and due to the efforts of the now mobile Martha, gets inside of the main building and is able to snipe out the crew from there.

The location is easily recognizable when watching Rambo: First Blood where Sylvester Stallone hangs off the cliff while a helicopter tries to snipe him down.

The slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus, sometimes referred to as the deep sea duck, is a fish that can weigh only a few ounces, yet reach 5 feet or 1. 5 m in length.

In season, it is most unlikely that visitors will fail to hear the ' drumming ' of snipe.

This small snipe breeds in most of South America away from the Pacific coast and eastern Brazil, and also the Falkland Islands, Trinidad and possibly Tobago The nominate lowland race G. p. paraguaiae is resident, but southern G. p. magellanicae migrates north in winter, abandoning Tierra del Fuego altogether.

They resemble godwits in body and bill shape, and the reddish underparts in summer, but are much shorter legged, more like snipe to which they are also somewhat closer related ( Thomas et al., 2004 ).

See also snipe for other aspects of the name.

He was also handed a new contract with Portsmouth in March 2006, causing Coventry boss Micky Adams to snipe " I am sure it will be nice playing in their reserves.

His wife died in 1949 and in 1951, at the age of 71, he married Ruth Myrtle Muriel Joan McKechnie, a divorcee known as Joan Sutherland ( she died 13 January 2006, aged 102 ( born late 1903 )), and settled at Aghinagh house, Killinardish, County Cork, Ireland, taking up a life pursuing salmon and the snipe.

Though it was a small part ( Blandick filmed all her scenes in a single week ), the character was an important symbol of protagonist Dorothy's quest to return home to her beloved aunt and uncle – a snipe at people who revere glitz and tinsel over a happy homelife.

However, it has been ascertained that the " Hakawai " and " Hokioi " legends refer to sounds produced by Coenocorypha snipe – in particular, the extinct South Island species.

Depiction of a snipe hunter, by A.

Camouflage may enable snipe to remain undetected by hunters in marshland.

They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe.

* Drumming ( snipe ), mechanical sound produced by snipe in the course of aerial courtship displays

Veitch mentions several species of birds as well as small reptiles which were likely affected by the cats, including the Little Barrier snipe ( Coenocorypha aucklandica barrierensis ), North Island saddleback ( Philesturnus carunculatus rufusater ), grey-faced petrel ( Pterodroma macroptera gouldi ), Cook's petrel ( Pterodroma cookii ) and and black petrel ( Proeellaria parkinsoni ).