engaging in a hunt for buffalo; the practice or institution of hunting buffalo.
- 1754  (1955)  I went with the young men abuffalo hunting, all armed with bows and arrows; killed seven, fine sport.
- 1860  The occasion is, we think, a fitting one for the consideration of the bearings and influences of buffalo-hunting, viewed as the business, or regular, ordinary pursuit of a large proportion of the Red River people.