still-hunt

[ stil-huhnt ]

/ ˈstɪlˌhʌnt /

to pursue or ambush by a still hunt.

to carry on a still hunt.

Origin of still-hunt

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

still-hunt·er, noun

still hunt

a hunt for game carried on stealthily, as by stalking, or under cover, as in ambush.

Informal. a quiet or secret pursuit of any object.

First recorded in 1820–30

We're sure of a shot if we still-hunt over in that direction—sure of a tight roof and good beds, too.

Then I'll Come Back to You |Larry Evans
The bass-drum is all right at the head of the procession, but the still-hunt cuts the most ice in politics.

Oklahoma Sunshine |Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin) Miller
Then, of course, they used to still-hunt them with bows and arrows.

Jack the Young Explorer |George Bird Grinnell
It could not be called a "still-hunt," for the reason that six men hunting in a pack are never still; however, it did not matter.

Hunting in Many Lands |Various

From their point of view, the still-hunt or “sneak” hunt was the method par excellence.

The Extermination of the American Bison |William T. Hornaday

still hunt

the hunting of game by stalking or ambushing

to hunt (quarry) in this way