When the door was opened, the man beheld the poacher in the midst of his slaughtered game.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
This roving crew is called "Starlight Tom's Gang," from the name of its chieftain, a notorious poacher.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
He gave her such a series of smacking kisses as startled her horse and astonished a poacher who happened to be hid in the adjoining hedge."
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith