If you say that a place is a good hunting groundfor something, you mean that people who have a particular interest are likely to find something that they want there.
Other people's weddings are the perfect hunting ground for ideas. [+ for]
Auctions are good hunting grounds, but set yourself a price limit.
2. countable noun
A hunting ground is an area where people or animals chase and kill wild animals for food or as a sport.
Good hunting grounds are becoming harder to find.
hunting ground in British English
noun
1.
the area of a hunt
2. Also called: happy hunting ground
any place containing a supply of what is wanted or in which a search is conducted
some resorts are a happy hunting ground for souvenirs
Examples of 'hunting ground' in a sentence
hunting ground
For a special piece, good hunting grounds include auction houses and charity shops.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
For a special piece, good hunting grounds include auction houses and charity shops.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Without ice, bears cannot hunt for seals and must swim huge distances to find hunting grounds.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Some run to thousands of pages, a happy hunting ground for lawyers in any subsequent litigation.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Perth has been his least happy hunting ground in Australia.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
If you have oodles of cash and know what you are doing, auctions can be a good hunting ground.
The Sun (2013)
STOKE is not a happy hunting ground for Arsenal.
The Sun (2016)
This could be a happy hunting ground for first-time buyers working in Edinburgh.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But whether Old Trafford proves a happy hunting ground again remains to be seen.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Another happy hunting ground for a club from the capital is Manchester City.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Hard courts are his favoured environment and the Middle East has been a happy hunting ground for him.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It has been a happy hunting ground in the past for the Northern Irishman and it was again yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
England, who by and large over the past decade have found the place a happy hunting ground, will have to go there this season.