STALKER

A fowler who goes warily and softly in pursuit of his game; one who walks on stilts over ditches in pursuit of moor-fowl. "The fowler is employed his limed twigs to set, One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk, Another over dykes upon his stilts doth walk."--Drayton.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

STALKER. 1. A huntsman. 2. One who illegally kills deer. Jamieson.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.