We stalked the woods for deer.

[bamboo--tw]

We stalked the woods for deer.
We stalked deer in the woods.


Hi,
Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same? Thanks.

 

[se16teddy]

1. We stalked the woods for deer.
2. We stalked deer in the woods.

2 sounds much better to me: I think the object of the verb stalk is usually the poor beast.

It is different if stalk is used in a transferred sense - ghosts stalked the old house; plague stalked the land.