DCHP-3

winter hunt

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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among Indians, the hunt carried out in winter, the most productive hunting season.

Quotations

1820
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.