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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a method of hunting moose by stalking.
Quotations
1866
"Creeping," or "still-hunting" . . . may be followed both in autumn and in winter. . . .
1888
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.