How to Use blowdown in a Sentence
blowdown
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Elk prefer thickets and blowdowns, especially where dense spruce trees grow.
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Jim Zumbo,
Outdoor Life,
10 Sep. 2026
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His favorite technique was to take a fold-up chair in the woods, get in a blowdown, rattle antlers during the rut, and wait for a trophy buck to come along.
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Colin Moore,
Outdoor Life,
15 Oct. 2026
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After the 1999 blowdown, there was a lot of fire that was management-ignited in order to reduce that fuel load.
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Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
29 July 2026
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Knowing just these things can immediately improve your odds for flathead-catching success — focus your daytime fishing efforts on dense, shady near-shore cover such as blowdowns and drift piles, and continue to fish near such cover at night.
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Keith Sutton,
Outdoor Life,
18 June 2026
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The famed route experienced extensive blowdowns, erosion, and landslides, resulting in much of the roadway being impassable after Helene struck in September 2024.
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Graham Hurley,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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