TURKEY SHOOTING. 
There are many methods of shooting the wild turkey, 
yet, after all, it is probable that it is more often killed 
by accident than by any one of the more approved 
methods. In other words, men traveling through the 
woods or fields stumble on the turkeys, flush them, 
and so get a shot. 
In the South, “calling” is the approved and most 
used means of killing these birds. The hunter con- 
ceals himself in a blind, imitates the call of the hen, and 
so draws to him the other members of the flock. This 
is practiced with especial success either in the autumn, 
when the young turkeys are still innocent, or in the 
spring, at gobbling time, when the gobblers are likely 
to respond readily to the supposed call of the female. 
In regions where turkeys are plentiful, it is common 
for hunters to go out in the afternoon, and, finding 
a brood, to flush and scatter it. If night is near, the 
turkeys are likely to try to get together before roost- 
ing time, and to begin calling almost at once. If, how- 
ever, it is too late in the day for them to do this, the 
birds roost in the trees, and in the morning are still 
more anxious to get together. The hunter, therefore, 
starts out long before daylight, repairs to the locality 
where he started the turkeys the night before, and con- 
cealing himself there, either by means of a blind con- 
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