DCHP-1 Online
winter hunt 
among Indians, the hunt carried out in winter, the most productive hunting season.
- 1820 (1938) The Chipewyans also frequently pass this place in the course of their Winter Hunt.
- 1921 The Indians divide their annual hunt for fur into three distinct hunting seasons: the fall hunt--from autumn until Christmas; the winter hunt--from New Year's Day until Easter; and the spring hunt--from Easter until the hunters depart for their tribal summer camping ground.
- 1954 They had gone in from South Nahanni . . . to the Beaver after freeze-up, and they were making their winter hunt in there.
- 1820 (1938) The Chipewyans also frequently pass this place in the course of their Winter Hunt.