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  • Yes | No | Report from ggmack wrote 30 weeks 14 hours ago sounds like that guy last year. were i hunt i found an arrow stuck in a tree 20 feet up. a hunter had shot at a skylined deer.

    New hunting joke 2009

  • Yes | No | Report from ggmack wrote 30 weeks 14 hours ago sounds like that guy last year. were i hunt i found an arrow stuck in a tree 20 feet up. a hunter had shot at a skylined deer.

    New hunting joke 2009

  • The way that I see it progress is change for the better and those who would rather not be involved in progress because it might change the skyline from when they were younger have to be aware that there were others before them that also didn't want the skyline to change but because the skylined changed the person against change had a new oppurtunity that was not there before.

    Bailout money may be used to spark employment 2009

  • Maybe it had glimpsed our skylined silhouettes when we crossed the ridge, or maybe some vague hint of our scent swirled down to its position.

    Using Dogs to Decoy Coyotes in Southwest Wyoming 2006

  • But watch that you won't be skylined or right in the middle of a primary game trail.

    How to Sit and Wait: Bob Robb's Guide to Hunting Whitetail Deer from a Tree Stand or Ground Blind 2005

  • I am also confused as to why the immigration issue keeps getting skylined as a racial issue.

    A Very Brief Primer on Immigration History, Part 1 2006

  • Everyone kept low, afraid to be skylined with the low sun behind them.

    Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

  • Before he reached the top of the gentle incline, a trio of riders was skylined on the ridge to his right.

    Stands a Calder Man Janet Dailey 1983

  • Before he reached the top of the gentle incline, a trio of riders was skylined on the ridge to his right.

    Stands a Calder Man Janet Dailey 1983

  • Briefly a rider was skylined on a crest against a dusting of haze stars.

    Calder Born, Calder Bred Janet Dailey 1983

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  • skyline. 1 :the apparent juncture of earth and sky :horizon. 2 :an outline (as of buildings or a mountain range) against the background of the sky. First Known Use: 1815.

    November 1, 2017