PRAIRIE-CHICKEN 

 SHOOTING 



IN many of the states where prairie- 

 chickens were formerly found in the 

 prairies, there is now comparatively 

 little of that kind of cover left for the birds. 

 Agriculture has made farms of the wide- 

 rolling savannas, and these grouse nest in the 

 " slues " and meadows and feed in the stub- 

 bles and cornfields. In the far western and 

 northwestern states there are still prairies left, 

 but much of this kind of hunting is done 

 nowadays on oats and wheat stubbles, in corn- 

 fields, and in " slues " adjoining marshes. 



The pinnated grouse is a splendid and 

 hardy bird, standing as high as the ordinary 

 good-sized barn-yard fowl, and weighing, 

 when full-grown, from three and one-half 

 to four and one-half pounds. He is of a 

 brownish color variegated with gray, lighter 

 on the breast and speckled, and with rich, 

 dark streaks of coloring on the back. His 



