DCHP-1 Online
grounds 
n. pl. a region where hunting, trapping, and fishing is carried on.
See also: hunting ground(s)
- 1913 "He stopped here on his way up, and said he was looking for better grounds."
- 1954 The grounds had been held by his family for many generations, long before the first whites came . . . .
- 1913 "He stopped here on his way up, and said he was looking for better grounds."