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GAG15 - This Is For The Birds Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 10/11/2010
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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  This cache has been placed for  

Do not search for this cache until 6 pm Friday November 12th.

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Anyone who logs a find before this time with be publicly humiliated or worse.

The cache is not located at the posted Coordinates.

You must first solve the following crossword puzzle.

       
 

Across

 

Down

1. A flock of quail. 1. A series of sounds used when geese approach the decoys.
3. A call made by turkeys who have sensed danger. 2. The basic call of the wild turkey.
6. To make a turkey gobble with a turkey call, or locator, while run and gun hunting. (Also a common baseball term). 4. The dreaded "enemy" of good consistent accuracy when shooting a gun.
9. The most popular type of goose call developed in the 1950's. 5. An inexperienced guest on a ride or a hunt. (A somewhat derogatory term starting with D.)
10. Frightening a flock of turkeys in all directions. 6. A flocked head goose decoy with an upright head. as if watching for danger. (Think guard).
12. Sage grouse are big birds that flush like b-52 _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 7. Lesser scaup.
13. Short form for several Hungarian partridge. 8. Small, harmless, worm-like parasites often found beneath the skin of rabbits. They are the larvae stage of the Botfly.
14. A two-dimensional decoy. 10. Marks left by turkeys' feet when searching for food.
16. Another name for ruffed grouse, based on the bird's habit of beating the air with its wings in the spring to attract females. 11. A common name for Canada geese.
17. Woodford aspens, a common home for birds. 15. A colourful name for a mallard drake.
19. A pintail. 18. The classic pheasant flush, which is nearly vertical.
21. A colloquial name for a White-fronted goose in North America. 20. A soft trilling call of contentment, usually mixed with clucks.
22. A simplistic name used for the ruffed grouse.    
23. When birds sit still to hide. (H _ _ _)    
       
Once you have solved the puzzle: 
       
Let A = the DR of all the A's, B the E's, C the I's, D the O's  and E the U's of all the words.
       
The Cache is located at: N45 (A-3)(B-4).(C-6)(D-1)(E+6) W075 (A-1)(B-4).(C-2)(D-7)(E+6)
 

 

 

 

 

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