DCHP-1 Online
creeping 
n. a method of hunting moose by stalking.
See also: creep moose-creeping still-hunting
- 1866 "Creeping," or "still-hunting" . . . may be followed both in autumn and in winter. . . .
- 1888 (1890) Still-hunting, or creeping, is really the most sportsmanlike way of killing moose, and likewise the most difficult, and consists of stalking him in his feeding ground, which is generally of a swampy nature.
- 1945 . . . a genuine stealthy hunter . . . can approach almost near enough to a bob-cat to whisper in its ear. This sort of patient "creeping " must be done up wind.
- 1866 "Creeping," or "still-hunting" . . . may be followed both in autumn and in winter. . . .