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2018 South Carolina FFA Association State Wildlife Contest

Hosted by Forestry Management Technology Programs Horry-Georgetown Technical College, 4003 S. Fraser St., Georgetown, SC 29440

Saturday, February 3, 2018

Schedule:

8:00 – 9:00 AM ...... ……..……….Registration

9:00 AM – 11:30 AM…………………………..……..…………..Written Test & Plant ID

9:00 AM – 11:30 AM………………………………………… ..... Concurrent Team Event

11:35 AM ……………………………………………………….……………………………..Lunch

12:00 Noon ……………...... Awards Presentation

CONTENT and SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example questions are in italics.

Additions/changes to this year’s CDE from the 2017 CDE are in bold or highlighted.

INDIVIDUAL 1. Written Test – 50 questions, content as in the past 2. Plant ID – 60 questions; this will be scantron testing a. 30 plants ID; Possible plant list adding attached

b. 30 follow-up questions on 30 ID questions Example: 1. ID plant: (answer: clover)

2. Follow-up question: This plant is known as a legume, which means it: A. Is a grass. B. Grows well in wetlands. C. Is also a conifer. D. Fixes nitrogen.

TEAM

The team events will cover 6 categories (1 – 6 below) with 10-20 questions coming from each category. This test will be scantron and will consist of no more than 100 questions. Also, within each category there will be a maximum of one question about a tool used for management of that particular category/subject. Possible tool list attached.

1. White-tailed deer. Ageing jawbones and scoring as in the past plus a question on relating these techniques to deer health. Example tool question:

Jawbone spreader/extractor placed on table with the following question: How is this tool used to manage deer? A. To determine the health of deer. B. To extract a jawbone and/or spread a jaw. C. To drag a deer out of the woods. D. As a boomerang.

2. Eastern . Age and sex turkeys as in the past. Example tool question:

A box call is placed on the table with the following question: How is this tool used in management of wild turkeys? A. To measure the density of trees. B. To evaluate and change the habitat. C. To harvest wild turkeys. D. To attract only hens for more reproduction.

3. Furbearers. Pelts, tracks, and skulls as in the past. List of furbearer species attached. Pieces of pelts such as tails may be included. Example tool question:

A 110 conibear trap is placed on the table with the following question: This tool is most likely used to catch a ______? A. Beaver B. C. D. Muskrat

4. Habitat ID. List attached. Example question:

Match the 4 pictures of habitat to the appropriate (White-tailed Deer, Bob-white Quail, Eastern Gray , and )

Example tool question:

Drip torch on table. What vegetative succession level is expected just after use of this? A. Climax B. Mid C. Early D. Black

5. Game birds (quail, dove, waterfowl, etc. (see this year’s list). ID and sex. List attached. Example tool question: A model or picture of a water-control structure is placed on the table with the following question:

What does this thing do to help provide waterfowl access to food? A. It stores food. B. It maintains the water level at a preferred depth. C. It is used to harvest . D. All of the above.

6. Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish. ID as in the past. List attached. Example tool question: A picture of an aerator/fountain/bubble machine is placed on the table with the following question:

The tool is used to help supply ______to water that is usually needed in the summer. A. Food B. Warm water C. Cover D. Dissolved oxygen

Possible Tool List: A. Deer – jawbone extractor/spreader, scale, spotlight, thermal image camera B. Turkey – calls, guns, rocket net C. Furbearer – 110 conibear, 330 conibear, leg-hold trap, scent tablet, D. Habitat – drip torch, artificial nesting cavity, herbicides, ag equipment, soil probe, d-tape, clinometer, rangefinder, prism, angle gauge E. Waterfowl – water control structure, refractometer, steel shot F. Dove – tractor & bush hog, grain drill, silage chopper, lead shot G. Quail – pointing , guns, hunting hack, horses, telemetry collar H. Reptiles – hook, drift fences, pitfall traps I. Fish – seine net, boat, secchi disk, canepole

Possible Furbearer List: Common Name Pelt Skull Track

-Raccoon X X X -Opossum X X X -Red X X X -Grey Fox X X X - X X X -Beaver X X X -Otter X X X -Mink X X X -Black Bear X X X - X X X -Muskrat X X X -Stripped Skunk X X X -Spotted Skunk X X X

Possible Non-game and game bird List: Mount/ Common Name Sex Picture Wing Head/Neck Call

-Bob-white quail X X X X X - X X X -Mallard X X X X - X X X X X -American widgeon X X X -Blue-winged teal X X X -Green-winged teal X X X -Northern Shoveler X X X X - X X X X - Goose X X X - X X X -Snipe X X X -American Crow X X - X X X -Wood Stork X -Red-cockaded Woodpecker X -White Pelican X X -Tufted Titmouse X X -Painted Bunting X - X X X

Possible Reptile List: Diamondback rattlesnake, Timber/Canebrake rattlesnake, Hognose, Corn snake, Cottonmouth, King Snake, Copperhead, Yellow rat snake, Black rat snake, Yellowbelly slider, Alligator Snapping Turtle

Possible Fish List: Bass (Large Mouth, Small Mouth, Striped, White), Bluegill, Carp, Catfish (Channel, Blue, Flathead), Crappie (Black, White), Shad

Possible Amphibian List: American Bullfrog, Green Treefrog, Eastern Hellbender, American Toad, Spring Peeper, Marbled Salamander,

Possible Habitat List: Dense , open pine, hardwood bottom, mixed pine/hardwood upland, hardwood upland, wetland, grassland, agriculture, food types , water, cover types, space, arrangement/interspersion, vegetative successional stages, and non-native species ecology.