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For the game bird, see <a href="/wiki/Snipe#Hunting" title="Snipe">Snipe § Hunting</a>.</div> <p> A <b>snipe hunt</b> is a type of <a href="/wiki/Practical_joke" title="Practical joke">practical joke</a> or <a href="/wiki/Fool%27s_errand" title="Fool's errand">fool's errand</a>, in existence in North America as early as the 1840s, in which an unsuspecting newcomer is duped into trying to catch an elusive, nonexistent animal called a <i>snipe</i>. Although <a href="/wiki/Snipe" title="Snipe">snipe</a> are an actual family of birds, a <i>snipe hunt</i> is a quest for an imaginary creature whose description varies. </p><p>The target of the prank is led to an outdoor spot and given instructions for catching the snipe; these often include waiting in the dark and holding an empty bag or making noises to attract the creature. The others involved in the prank then leave the newcomer alone in the woods to discover the joke. As an American <a href="/wiki/Rite_of_passage" title="Rite of passage">rite of passage</a>, snipe hunting is often associated with <a href="/wiki/Summer_camp" title="Summer camp">summer camps</a> and groups such as the <a href="/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America" title="Boy Scouts of America">Boy Scouts</a>. In France, a similar joke is called "<a href="/wiki/Hunting_the_dahut" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunting the dahut">hunting the dahut</a>". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_North_America">In North America</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Snipe_hunt&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: In North America"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although <a href="/wiki/Snipe" title="Snipe">snipe</a> are a real family of birds, the <i>snipe hunt</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Practical_joke" title="Practical joke">practical joke</a>, often associated with <a href="/wiki/Summer_camp" title="Summer camp">summer camps</a> and other types of outdoor <a href="/wiki/Camping" title="Camping">camping</a>, in which the victim is tricked into engaging in a hunt for an imaginary creature.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Snipe hunters are typically led to an outdoor spot at night and given a bag or pillowcase along with instructions that can include either waiting quietly or making odd noises to attract the creatures. The other group members leave, promising to chase the snipe toward the newcomer; instead, they return home or to camp, leaving the victim of the prank alone in the dark to discover that they have been duped and left "<a href="/wiki/Holding_the_bag" class="mw-redirect" title="Holding the bag">holding the bag</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The snipe hunt is a kind of <a href="/wiki/Fool%27s_errand" title="Fool's errand">fool's errand</a> or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wild-goose_chase" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:wild-goose chase">wild-goose chase</a>, meaning a fruitless errand or expedition, attested as early as the 1840s in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the most common <a href="/wiki/Hazing" title="Hazing">hazing</a> ritual for boys in American summer camps during the early 20th century, and is a <a href="/wiki/Rite_of_passage" title="Rite of passage">rite of passage</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> often associated with groups such as the <a href="/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America" title="Boy Scouts of America">Boy Scouts</a>. In camp life and <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_folklore" class="mw-redirect" title="Children's folklore">children's folklore</a>, the snipe hunt provides an opportunity to make fun of newcomers while also accepting them into the group.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Setting the stage for the prank is often done with imaginative descriptions of the snipe, similar to <a href="/wiki/Tall_tale" title="Tall tale">tall tales</a>. For instance, the snipe is said to resemble a cross between a jackrabbit and a squirrel; a squirrel-like bird with one red and one green eye; a small, black, furry bird-like animal that only comes out during a full moon, and so on.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarsh201545–48_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarsh201545–48-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i>American Folklore: An Encyclopedia</i>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>While the snipe hunt is known in virtually every part of the United States, the description of the prey varies: it may be described as a type of bird, a snake, or a small furry animal. In one version, the snipe is a type of deer with a distinctive call; the dupe is left kneeling and imitating the snipe call while holding the bag to catch it.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrunvand19961233_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrunvand19961233-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In another variation, a bag supposedly containing a captured snipe is theatrically brought to the campsite after a group hunt; the snipe quickly "escapes" unseen when the bag is opened.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Neil2014_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Neil2014-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variations">Variations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Snipe_hunt&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Variations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A similar practical joke in France is known as "<a href="/wiki/Hunting_the_dahut" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunting the dahut">hunting the dahut</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the description of the prey differs from the North American snipe hunt, the nature of the joke is the same.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarsh201545–48_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarsh201545–48-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Spain, a similar joke is called <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">cazar gamusinos</i></span> ('hunting gamusinos'). The <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gamusino&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gamusino (page does not exist)">gamusino</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/gamusino" class="extiw" title="es:gamusino">es</a>]</span></i></span> is an imaginary animal with no defined description.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Snipe_hunt&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drop_bear" title="Drop bear">Drop bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elwetritsch" title="Elwetritsch">Elwetritsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fearsome_critters" title="Fearsome critters">Fearsome critters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackalope" title="Jackalope">Jackalope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_practical_joke_topics" title="List of practical joke topics">List of practical joke topics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oozlum_bird" title="Oozlum bird">Oozlum bird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squonk" title="Squonk">Squonk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_haggis" title="Wild haggis">Wild haggis</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Snipe_hunt&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For snipe as a real bird, see <a href="#CITEREFFeeWebb2016">Fee & Webb (2016</a>, p. 514); <a href="#CITEREFMarsh2015">Marsh (2015</a>, pp. 45–48); <a href="#CITEREFPalmatier1995">Palmatier (1995</a>, p. 357). <br />As an imaginary creature, see <a href="#CITEREFBrunvand1996">Brunvand (1996</a>, p. 233); <a href="#CITEREFMarsh2015">Marsh (2015</a>, pp. 45–48). <br />For snipe hunt as summer camp prank, see <a href="#CITEREFFeeWebb2016">Fee & Webb (2016</a>, p. 514); <a href="#CITEREFParis2008">Paris (2008</a>, pp. 104–5). <br />As camp prank more generally, see <a href="#CITEREFBrunvand1996">Brunvand (1996</a>, p. 233); <a href="#CITEREFMarsh2015">Marsh (2015</a>, pp. 45–48); <a href="#CITEREFWatts2006">Watts (2006</a>, p. 206).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For method of the prank, see <a href="#CITEREFBrunvand1996">Brunvand (1996</a>, pp. 233, 1233); <a href="#CITEREFFeeWebb2016">Fee & Webb (2016</a>, p. 514); <a href="#CITEREFMarsh2015">Marsh (2015</a>, pp. 45–48); <a href="#CITEREFO'Neil2014">O'Neil (2014)</a>; <a href="#CITEREFPalmatier1995">Palmatier (1995</a>, p. 357); <a href="#CITEREFWatts2006">Watts (2006</a>, p. 206). <br />For implements used, see <a href="#CITEREFFeeWebb2016">Fee & Webb (2016</a>, p. 514); <a href="#CITEREFPalmatier1995">Palmatier (1995</a>, p. 357). <br />For "holding the bag", see <a href="#CITEREFBronner2012">Bronner (2012</a>, p. 260); <a href="#CITEREFMarsh2015">Marsh (2015</a>, pp. 45–48); <a href="#CITEREFPalmatier1995">Palmatier (1995</a>, p. 357).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As a fool's errand, see <a href="#CITEREFMarsh2015">Marsh (2015</a>, pp. 8, 45–48); <a href="#CITEREFWatts2006">Watts (2006</a>, p. 206). <br />As a wild-goose chase, see <a href="#CITEREFParis2008">Paris (2008</a>, pp. 104–5). <br />For earliest date, see <a href="#CITEREFMarsh2015">Marsh (2015</a>, pp. 45–48).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The snipe hunt is classified as a variation of <a href="/wiki/Thompson_motif" class="mw-redirect" title="Thompson motif">Thompson motif</a> J2349, Fool's Errand (<a href="#CITEREFBronner2012">Bronner 2012</a>, p. 260).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBronner2008">Bronner (2008</a>, p. 72); <a href="#CITEREFFeeWebb2016">Fee & Webb (2016</a>, p. 514)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For role in hazing and group unity, see <a href="#CITEREFBronner2012">Bronner (2012</a>, p. 260); <a href="#CITEREFParis2008">Paris (2008</a>, pp. 104–5); <a href="#CITEREFFeeWebb2016">Fee & Webb (2016</a>, p. 514). <br />For association with the Boy Scouts, see <a href="#CITEREFFeeWebb2016">Fee & Webb (2016</a>, p. 514).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to <a href="#CITEREFFeeWebb2016">Fee & Webb (2016)</a>, "Similar fool's errands or wild-goose chases of this kind might include being sent to find a 'smoke-bender' for the campfire or a 'sky-hook' to move a heavy object" (p. 514).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarsh201545–48-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarsh201545–48_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarsh201545–48_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMarsh2015">Marsh (2015)</a>, pp. 45–48.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrunvand19961233-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrunvand19961233_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBrunvand1996">Brunvand (1996)</a>, p. 1233.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEO'Neil2014-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO'Neil2014_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFO'Neil2014">O'Neil (2014)</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a href="#CITEREFGlimm1983">Glimm (1983</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/flatlandersridge00glim/page/187">187</a>): "Collected all over the United States, the snipe hunt story is an old European folktale (motif J2349.6). In France it is known as 'Hunting the Dahut'". <br />See also <a href="#CITEREFChartoisClaudel1945">Chartois & Claudel (1945)</a>: "Translator's note: Dahut hunting is comparable to our American snipe hunting".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dle.rae.es/gamusino">"gamusino"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Diccionario_de_la_lengua_espa%C3%B1ola" title="Diccionario de la lengua española">Diccionario de la lengua española</a></i>. April 22, 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Diccionario+de+la+lengua+espa%C3%B1ola&rft.atitle=gamusino&rft.date=2023-04-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdle.rae.es%2Fgamusino&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Snipe_hunt&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBronner2008" class="citation book cs1">Bronner, Simon J. (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hlybTwfOcB4C&q=%22snipe+hunt%22"><i>Killing Tradition: Inside Hunting and Animal Rights Controversies</i></a>. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8131-2528-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8131-2528-2"><bdi>978-0-8131-2528-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Killing+Tradition%3A+Inside+Hunting+and+Animal+Rights+Controversies&rft.place=Lexington&rft.pub=University+Press+of+Kentucky&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-8131-2528-2&rft.aulast=Bronner&rft.aufirst=Simon+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DhlybTwfOcB4C%26q%3D%2522snipe%2Bhunt%2522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBronner2012" class="citation book cs1">Bronner, Simon J. (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=HJkkykeN-nkC&q=snipe+hunt&pg=PA260"><i>Campus traditions : folklore from the old-time college to the modern mega-university</i></a>. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-61703-615-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-61703-615-6"><bdi>978-1-61703-615-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Campus+traditions+%3A+folklore+from+the+old-time+college+to+the+modern+mega-university&rft.place=Jackson&rft.pub=University+Press+of+Mississippi&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-61703-615-6&rft.aulast=Bronner&rft.aufirst=Simon+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DHJkkykeN-nkC%26q%3Dsnipe%2Bhunt%26pg%3DPA260&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrunvand1996" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Jan_Harold_Brunvand" title="Jan Harold Brunvand">Brunvand, Jan Harold</a>, ed. (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=oJuvqhxFXH8C&q=snipe+hunt"><i>American Folklore: An Encyclopedia</i></a>. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8153-0751-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-8153-0751-9"><bdi>0-8153-0751-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=American+Folklore%3A+An+Encyclopedia&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=0-8153-0751-9&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DoJuvqhxFXH8C%26q%3Dsnipe%2Bhunt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChartoisClaudel1945" class="citation journal cs1">Chartois, Jo; Claudel, Calvin (1945). "Hunting the Dahut: A French Folk Custom". <i>The Journal of American Folklore</i>. <b>58</b> (227): 21–24. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F535332">10.2307/535332</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1535-1882">1535-1882</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/535332">535332</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Journal+of+American+Folklore&rft.atitle=Hunting+the+Dahut%3A+A+French+Folk+Custom&rft.volume=58&rft.issue=227&rft.pages=21-24&rft.date=1945&rft.issn=1535-1882&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F535332%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F535332&rft.aulast=Chartois&rft.aufirst=Jo&rft.au=Claudel%2C+Calvin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFeeWebb2016" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_R._Fee" title="Christopher R. Fee">Fee, Christopher R.</a>; Webb, Jeffrey B., eds. (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kXnEDAAAQBAJ&q=%22snipe+hunt%22"><i>American myths, legends, and tall tales : an encyclopedia of American folklore: 3 Volumes</i></a>. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-61069-567-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-61069-567-1"><bdi>978-1-61069-567-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=American+myths%2C+legends%2C+and+tall+tales+%3A+an+encyclopedia+of+American+folklore%3A+3+Volumes&rft.place=Santa+Barbara&rft.pub=ABC-CLIO&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-1-61069-567-1&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DkXnEDAAAQBAJ%26q%3D%2522snipe%2Bhunt%2522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGlimm1983" class="citation book cs1">Glimm, James Y. (1983). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/flatlandersridge00glim"><i>Flatlanders and Ridgerunners: Folktales from the Mountains of Northern Pennsylvania</i></a></span>. University of Pittsburgh Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8229-5345-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-8229-5345-5"><bdi>0-8229-5345-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Flatlanders+and+Ridgerunners%3A+Folktales+from+the+Mountains+of+Northern+Pennsylvania&rft.pub=University+of+Pittsburgh+Press&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0-8229-5345-5&rft.aulast=Glimm&rft.aufirst=James+Y.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fflatlandersridge00glim&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarsh2015" class="citation book cs1">Marsh, Moira (2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=n3jgCwAAQBAJ&q=snipe+hunt"><i>Practically Joking</i></a>. Logan: Utah State University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87421-983-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87421-983-8"><bdi>978-0-87421-983-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Practically+Joking&rft.place=Logan&rft.pub=Utah+State+University+Press&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-0-87421-983-8&rft.aulast=Marsh&rft.aufirst=Moira&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dn3jgCwAAQBAJ%26q%3Dsnipe%2Bhunt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'Neil2014" class="citation book cs1">O'Neil, Gerard (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qYmACQAAQBAJ&q=snipe+hunt&pg=PT90">"The Squonk: A Small Tale From Franklin County"</a>. In White, Thomas (ed.). <i>Supernatural Lore of Pennsylvania: Ghosts, Monsters and Miracles</i>. Charleston: History Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-62619-498-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-62619-498-4"><bdi>978-1-62619-498-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Squonk%3A+A+Small+Tale+From+Franklin+County&rft.btitle=Supernatural+Lore+of+Pennsylvania%3A+Ghosts%2C+Monsters+and+Miracles&rft.place=Charleston&rft.pub=History+Press&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-62619-498-4&rft.aulast=O%27Neil&rft.aufirst=Gerard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DqYmACQAAQBAJ%26q%3Dsnipe%2Bhunt%26pg%3DPT90&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPalmatier1995" class="citation book cs1">Palmatier, Robert Allen (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kSr4fO2zYrIC&pg=PA357"><i>Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors</i></a>. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-313-29490-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-313-29490-9"><bdi>0-313-29490-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Speaking+of+Animals%3A+A+Dictionary+of+Animal+Metaphors&rft.place=Westport%2C+Connecticut&rft.pub=Greenwood+Publishing&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=0-313-29490-9&rft.aulast=Palmatier&rft.aufirst=Robert+Allen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DkSr4fO2zYrIC%26pg%3DPA357&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParis2008" class="citation book cs1">Paris, Leslie (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=UFwTCgAAQBAJ&q=snipe+hunt"><i>Children's Nature: The Rise of the American Summer Camp</i></a>. New York University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8147-6750-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8147-6750-4"><bdi>978-0-8147-6750-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Children%27s+Nature%3A+The+Rise+of+the+American+Summer+Camp&rft.pub=New+York+University+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-8147-6750-4&rft.aulast=Paris&rft.aufirst=Leslie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DUFwTCgAAQBAJ%26q%3Dsnipe%2Bhunt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatts2006" class="citation book cs1">Watts, Linda S. (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2dce6_CA76MC&q=snipe+hunt&pg=PA206"><i>Encyclopedia of American folklore</i></a>. New York, NY: Facts On File. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8160-5699-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-8160-5699-4"><bdi>0-8160-5699-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+American+folklore&rft.place=New+York%2C+NY&rft.pub=Facts+On+File&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-8160-5699-4&rft.aulast=Watts&rft.aufirst=Linda+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D2dce6_CA76MC%26q%3Dsnipe%2Bhunt%26pg%3DPA206&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Snipe_hunt&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Bronner, Simon J. (1988). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/americanchildren00bron/page/170/search/snipe+hunt"><i>American Children's Folklore</i></a></span>. Little Rock: August House. pp. 170–171. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87483-068-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-87483-068-0"><bdi>0-87483-068-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=American+Children%27s+Folklore&rft.place=Little+Rock&rft.pages=170-171&rft.pub=August+House&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-87483-068-0&rft.au=Bronner%2C+Simon+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Famericanchildren00bron%2Fpage%2F170%2Fsearch%2Fsnipe%2Bhunt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">Ellis, Bill (1981). "The Camp Mock-Ordeal Theater as Life". <i>The Journal of American Folklore</i>. <b>94</b> (374): 486–505. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F540502">10.2307/540502</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1535-1882">1535-1882</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/540502">540502</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Journal+of+American+Folklore&rft.atitle=The+Camp+Mock-Ordeal+Theater+as+Life&rft.volume=94&rft.issue=374&rft.pages=486-505&rft.date=1981&rft.issn=1535-1882&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F540502%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F540502&rft.au=Ellis%2C+Bill&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Glimm, James Y. (1983). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/flatlandersridge00glim/page/12">"Snipe Hunting"</a>. <i>Flatlanders and ridgerunners : folktales from the mountains of northern Pennsylvania</i>. University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 12–13. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8229-5345-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-8229-5345-5"><bdi>0-8229-5345-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Snipe+Hunting&rft.btitle=Flatlanders+and+ridgerunners+%3A+folktales+from+the+mountains+of+northern+Pennsylvania&rft.pages=12-13&rft.pub=University+of+Pittsburgh+Press&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0-8229-5345-5&rft.aulast=Glimm&rft.aufirst=James+Y.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fflatlandersridge00glim%2Fpage%2F12&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">Posen, I.S. (1974). "Pranks and practical jokes at children's summer camps". <i>Southern Folklore Quarterly</i>. <b>38</b> (4): 299–309. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0038-4127">0038-4127</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Southern+Folklore+Quarterly&rft.atitle=Pranks+and+practical+jokes+at+children%27s+summer+camps&rft.volume=38&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=299-309&rft.date=1974&rft.issn=0038-4127&rft.au=Posen%2C+I.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">Smith, Johana H. (April 1957). "In the Bag: A Study of Snipe Hunting". <i>Western Folklore</i>. <b>16</b> (2): 107–110. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1497027">10.2307/1497027</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1497027">1497027</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/808993138">808993138</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Western+Folklore&rft.atitle=In+the+Bag%3A+A+Study+of+Snipe+Hunting&rft.volume=16&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=107-110&rft.date=1957-04&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F808993138&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F1497027%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F1497027&rft.au=Smith%2C+Johana+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073995/1928-01-27/ed-1/seq-1/">"Take Strangers Snipe Hunting"</a>. <i>The Enterprise</i>. Williamston, North Carolina. January 27, 1928.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Enterprise&rft.atitle=Take+Strangers+Snipe+Hunting&rft.date=1928-01-27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnewspapers.digitalnc.org%2Flccn%2Fsn92073995%2F1928-01-27%2Fed-1%2Fseq-1%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASnipe+hunt" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Snipe_hunt&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/40px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/60px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/80px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Look up <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search/snipe_hunt" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:Special:Search/snipe hunt">snipe hunt</a></b></i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://folklore.usc.edu/?p=18088">"Snipe Hunting"</a> – University of Southern California Digital Folklore Archives</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://research.udmercy.edu/find/special_collections/digital/cfa/index.php?fl_id=15830">"Snipe Hunt"</a> – James T. 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