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from a young one, by the character of his gobbling. If the 

 hunter hears several gobblers, and wishes to select the 

 fattest, let him go after the one whose gobble is the 



THE WILD TURKEY. Meleagris ocellata. 



heaviest and most muffled. Beware of the one with the 

 tenor voice, especially if he cuts his gobble short. 



Wild turkeys always go in flocks except in the spring, 

 and often, in small flocks, then; but the old gobblers will 



