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to run from than to such an infernal hubbub. De- 

 pend upon it, more turkeys are lost in that way than 

 by calling too little. But come along to breakfast.' 



After this I frequently amused myself in the woods 

 on fine spring mornings, by calling up gobblers, and 

 always found my friend correct in his opinions and 

 instructions. 



But there is another kind of sport better suited to 

 the winter months before the gobblers would answer a 

 call : and that is, hunting them with a properly trained 

 turkey dog. A well-trained dog will never range very 

 far from his master till he finds the warm scent of a. 

 single turkey or a flock. Then he will start upon 

 the trail without giving tongue until he finds the game. 

 He will then run on, and by continual yelping, compel 

 it to ascend some tree. If it is a single bird, he will 

 then sit beneath the branch where the turkey has taken 

 refuo-e, and continue to bark till his master arrives, 

 and with a well-directed shot brings the bird to the 



ground. 



In this kind of hunting, the more the dog barks 

 when he has ^ treed ' the game, the greater is the 

 hunter's chance of success, because by so doing it 

 distracts the bird's attention, and the hunter is often 

 able to approach unobserved. For two reasons, the 

 hunter should approach and shoot behind the bird : in 

 the first place, the turkey, in all probability, will not 

 see him, being too much engaged in watching the 



