Definition of "gunning" []

• Maine The sport of hunting: "Usually any kind of a tight camp will be kept available through our gunning . . . season” ( John Gould). (noun)

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• ""When I grow up," I said after a minute, "I'm goin 'gunning for them.""
• "The idea of punt gunning is to sneak up on rafted ducks and geese in a low profile boat and shoot the flock on the water at about 40 yards with a lot of shot from a very big gun."
• "Running and gunning is how it's done on Barbour, Choccolocco, Blue Spring, Hollins, Lowndes, Scotch, and Black Warrior WMAs."