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turkey, he tied a piece of scarlet cloth around the neck 

 of his domestic male bird and turned him loose, when 

 every unreclaimed turkey in the neighbourhood was 

 certain to come and attack him, fearlessly affording 

 the easiest shots. 



I have occasionally shot them over setters, but in 

 each instance the victims were not full grown. When 

 hounds are running deer in a neighbourhood this 

 description of game frequents, they appear to lose 

 their habitual caution and expose themselves to the 

 hunter in the most reckless manner. 



