canned hunt
n.— «Fenced preserves like Cedar Ridge, where hunters are charged a fee to track and kill animals, have drawn opposition from environmentalists and some hunters, who refer to them as “canned hunts.”» —“Thrill of the hunt” by Mark Szakonyi Missourian (Columbia, Mo.) Mar. 28, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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