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stand verb A fixed position at which a hunter awaits game such as a bear or deer, being driven within shooting range by drivers and their dogs.
1878 Coale Wilburn Waters 40 Next morning they were all on the ground at an early hour, and started the wolf within fifty yards of where the trap had been set. The men being stationed at various “stands” in the range, she found it difficult to get out, and doubled from point to point with the dogs on her trail. 1923 Williams After Bruin Breakfast over, the standers set out up the creek for the various stands. Ibid. 84 All except the drivers take stands. Deer, in warm weather, usually seek the highest, coolest and most inaccessible peaks in the mountains, and when started from their lairs run certain well-known routes, and make for the nearest stream, at certain points or crossings, which hunters call "stands." 1939 Hall Coll (Cataloochee NC) Steve Woody went on the stand, and they jumped the bear and the bear come to the stand where we was at.