jacklight

IPA: dʒˈækɫaɪt

(Canada, US) A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car, boat or pole, etc. to aid in hunting.

(hunting, US, Canada) To shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.

Examples of "jacklight" in Sentences

He was charged with possessing jacklight equipment after police saw him in a wooded area.
"Why, of course we can follow his trail slowly by the aid of that hunting jacklight of yours.
I did, however, get a kick out of a court session in Autauga County, AL, in which a father was busted for teaching his sons how to jacklight deer.
Now and then one would stand and stare, his eye-balls gleaming like coals of fire; and at last came the roar of the gun, and the jacklight tumbled to the ground.
In the evenings he read The Toledo Blade and the Grand Rapids paper by the lamp in the front room or went out spearing fish in the bay with a jacklight with D. J. Smith.
Now first-time offenders who jacklight deer at night, kill deer and turkey out of season or exceed the limit of animals they can bag will face 90 days in jail, a fine of at least $1,000 and a three-year loss of their hunting license.