THE WILD TURKEY. 23 
drum, yelp, and gobble so accurately that they would 
deceive the oldest veteran in the forest and bring him 
within range of their rifle or shot-gun at {he proper season. 
The caller made out of the fing-bone of a turkey is 
probably one of the simplest and best that can be ob- 
tained, as alla person has to do is to put one end into 
his mouth and draw the air through it, and if he knows 
his business he can imitate the notes of the female. 
Some men make a caller by sawing off about two 
inches of the end of a cow’s horn, and cutting a piece of 
shingle so that it will fit the small end of the piece sawed 
off. By boring a hole in the middle of the shingle, and 
inserting in it a piece of wood about the thickness of a 
large nail and long enough to project a short distance 
beyond the open end of the horn, and scraping this stick 
“on a piece of slate, the familiar “‘keouk ” of the hen can 
be imitated. 
A very good caller 1s made out of a tapering cylinder 
of hard-wood, about six inches long, an inch in diameter 
at the bottom, half an inch at the top, and hollowed in 
such a manner that it will correspond with the outside 
shape. By inserting in this a small piece of cane, about 
seven or eight inches long, and having a very fine open- 
ing through it, nearly every note of the turkey, except 
the gobble, may be produced. One made out of the large 
wing-bone of the turkey, that nearest the body, is very 
popular with some hunters, as itis portable and easily 
prepared. This is made by cutting a crescent-like open- 
ing in one end of the bone; the small end is then cut 
off; the bone is cleaned out; anicely fitting plug of wood, 
with a small hole in it, is inserted into the piece cut off ; 
and into this wood a piece of cane, having a fine opening 
running through it, is fitted as in the wooden caller. 
Still another is made out of a piece of cedar about two 
inches long, one, and a half inches wide, and one-fourth 
of an inch in thickness. This is hollowed out to within 
