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Outdoor and hunting dog names

Names from the field, the trail and the woods, for a gundog, a hound or a hiking partner.

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Girl names (4)

Chalet
A wooden mountain house of the Alps · French
Partridge
Plump brown game bird of the fields
Ravine
A small, steep sided valley · French
Sloe
Blue black berry of the blackthorn

Boy names (37)

Antler
The branching bony horn of a deer or elk
Badger
Striped digger of the woods
Beaver
Busy dam builder of the river
Billy
The tin can for boiling tea over a campfire in the Australian bush
Billycan
A tin pot for boiling tea over a campfire
Blackthorn
Thorny hedge shrub that bears sloes
Bobcat
Short tailed wild cat of North America
Bonfire
A big outdoor fire for a night of stories
Bruin
An old name for a bear, from Dutch for brown · Dutch
Compass
Always knows the way home
Coonhound
A scent hound bred to tree raccoons
Cougar
The mountain lion of the Americas · big dogs
Drake
A male duck
Elk
One of the largest deer · big dogs
Elkhound
After the Norwegian Elkhound, a hardy hunting dog
Firetower
A lookout tower where rangers watch for forest fires
Ghillie
Scottish hunting and fishing guide, from Gaelic gille, a lad · Scottish
Grizzly
The big brown bear of North America · big dogs
Grouse
Game bird of the heather moors
Hatchet
A small axe for chopping kindling
Holt
A small wood, and an otter's den · Old English
Huntsman
The person who leads the hounds on a hunt
Lodge
A hunting lodge, and a beaver's home
Lumberjack
Tree feller of the northern forests · big dogs
Lunker
An angler's word for a really big fish · big dogs
Muskie
The muskellunge, a big fierce North American pike
Pathfinder
Someone who finds the way through wild country
Pheasant
Long tailed game bird of fields and woods
Pike
Fierce fish of lakes and rivers
Rambler
A country walker
Stag
A male deer · big dogs
Stockman
Australian cattle hand
Tracker
Follows a trail by scent and sign
Trout
Speckled fish of cold streams
Walleye
A North American freshwater fish with big glassy eyes
Whitetail
The white tailed deer of North America
Woodcock
Well camouflaged bird of the woodland floor

Names for either (61)

Abseil
To lower yourself down a cliff on a rope · German
Angler
Someone who fishes with a rod and line
Backcountry
Wild land far from roads
Basecamp
The main camp below a big climb
Belay
To hold the rope for a climber
Bivouac
A rough camp without a tent · French
Bluegill
A small sunfish that every young angler catches first · small dogs
Bobber
A float that bobs on the water until a fish bites
Bothy
A Scottish mountain hut left open for walkers · Scottish
Bushwhack
To push through the bush where there is no trail
Caddis
A small river fly and a favourite meal of trout
Camper
Someone who loves sleeping under canvas
Canteen
A water bottle carried on a hike
Canvasback
A North American diving duck with a sloping head
Carabiner
A metal clip that keeps climbers safe on the rope · German
Caster
Someone who casts a fishing line
Copse
A small thicket of trees
Covey
A small flock of partridge or quail
Crampon
Spiked plates strapped to boots for walking on ice
Crappie
A small North American panfish
Creel
A wicker basket for carrying fish
Decoy
A wooden duck used by hunters to draw birds in
Driftwood
Wood washed up and smoothed by the sea
Fell
A hill or high moor in northern England, from Old Norse fjall, mountain · Norse
Ferret
Small hunter used to flush out rabbits
Gadwall
A grey brown dabbling duck
Gorp
American hiker slang for trail mix
Grayling
A silver freshwater fish with a big sail fin
Gundog
A dog bred to find and retrieve game
Hackle
Neck feathers tied into fishing flies, and the hair a dog raises on their back
Hammock
A swinging rope bed strung between two trees, for a lazy dog · Taino
Hare
Fast long eared cousin of the rabbit
Hiker
Someone who walks long trails, the perfect trail buddy
Kayak
Paddle boat of the Arctic, from an Inuit word · Inuit
Kindling
Small sticks that get the campfire going
Knapsack
A canvas bag carried on the back
Lichen
Crusty growth on old rocks and trees
Marten
Tree climbing cousin of the weasel
Merganser
A diving duck with a saw toothed bill
Outback
Australia's remote bush country
Overlook
A high place with a sweeping view
Paddle
A short oar for a canoe or kayak
Rappel
To abseil down a cliff on a rope · French
Rucksack
A backpack for hiking · German
Skillet
A cast iron frying pan for campfire cooking
Snipe
Wading bird so hard to shoot that it gave us the word sniper
Spinney
A small wood or thicket
Spoor
The track or trail of an animal, from Afrikaans · Afrikaans
Stoat
Small hedgerow hunter whose coat can turn white in winter
Switchback
A zigzag trail up a steep slope
Teal
Small dabbling duck, and the blue green colour of its wing
Thermos
A flask that keeps tea hot on a cold hike
Tinderbox
A box of flint and tinder for lighting fires
Trail
A path through the woods
Trailblazer
Marks a new trail for others to follow
Trailhead
The start of a hiking trail, where every good walk begins
Wanderer
Someone who roams with no fixed route
Warren
Network of rabbit burrows
Waypoint
A marked point on a route or map
Widgeon
A wild duck with a whistling call
Woodsy
Of the woods, for a dog who loves the forest

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