PINNATED-GROUSE SHOOTING. 69 



Twelve miles from Gibson is the great farm of 

 Mr. Michael Sullivant, formerly of Columbus, 

 Ohio. He has a tract of land containing forty- 

 five thousand acres. It is a splendid place to 

 shoot, and real sportsmen are made welcome by 

 the owner. I was there last spring after brant 

 and ducks, and made heavy bags. I saw at that 

 time large numbers of grouse a powerful breed- 

 ing-stock. 



In shooting over the great pastures I have men- 

 tioned particular care must be taken not to go 

 near the herds of cattle. They are pretty wild, 

 and the coming near them of dogs makes them 

 excited. In the first place, the farmers do not 

 like to have dogs taken near their cattle, and 

 every good sportsman should carefully avoid do- 

 ing anything which may annoy the owners of the 

 land on which he may be. I can always get 

 along pleasantly with the owners of the land, and 

 so may any one els.e who will use them well and 

 refrain from damage. In the second place, if 

 shooting parties go near the great herds of cat- 

 tle, with their dogs, the bullocks will come for 

 the latter at a run in a big drove, the fright- 

 ened dogs will run to their masters, and before 

 the men can gut out of the way of the furioin 



