a process in opossum-shooting,explained in quotations.
1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 182:
«`Mooning' opossums is a speciality with country boys. Thejuvenile hunter utilises the moon as a cavalry patrol would hisfield-glass for every suspected point.»
1890. E. Davenport Cleland, `The White Kangaroo,' p. 66:
«They had to go through the process known as `mooning.'Walking backwards from the tree, each one tried to get thevarious limbs and branches between him and the moon, and thenfollow them out to the uttermost bunch of leaves where the'possum might be feeding.»