still hunt
noun
a hunt for game carried on stealthily, as by stalking, or under cover, as in ambush.
still-hunter
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a word derived from
still-hunt.
Example Sentences
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Every still-hunter loves a headwind, but the hunting route that makes the most sense may not provide that.
From Time Magazine Archive
A good still-hunter has mastered these concepts but also knows how and when to break them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Until his blurring senses left him he occasionally shouted or thrust up his head; but the old still-hunter was relentless, and evidently had not the clear vision of a youth.
From The Rainy Day Railroad War by Holman Day
In such cases the still-hunter is stirring by the earliest dawn, and walks with stealthy speed to some high point of observation from which he can overlook the feeding-grounds where he has previously discovered sign.
From Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches by Theodore Roosevelt
Buffalo hides could not have been dealt in clandestinely, for many reasons, and had there been no sale for ill-gotten spoils the still-hunter would have gathered no spoils to sell.
From The Extermination of the American Bison by William Temple Hornaday
