hunting parties
Armed wilderness outings
A hunting party is a group organized to hunt game together.
The term applies to recreational outings—friends heading into the woods for deer season—and to more formal expeditions with guides and beaters.
Historically, hunting parties were social events for aristocrats and landowners: The duke assembled a hunting party for the weekend.
The phrase occasionally appears metaphorically for any group pursuing a target: The board sent out hunting parties looking for a new CEO.
- safariWildlife observation journey
- big gameLarge hunted wildlife
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- trackerOne who follows trails
- gun dogsHunters' trained retrievers
hounds · rifles · wild boar · game · stalk · pack · beaters · lodge · pursuit · venison · trophies · horseback · foxhunt · bloodhound · bugle · dawn · forest · retriever
- British huntingfoxhound, foxhunting, pheasant shooting, beagles, beagling
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- aristocratic pastimespolo, dressage, falconry, croquet, equestrian
- big game huntingrifle, antelope, pronghorn, rifles, arrows
- Edwardian BritainEdward VII, Queen Victoria, country houses, manor houses, servants
- princely courtsthrone room, courtiers, royal advisors, nobles, ladies-in-waiting