WILD TURKEY AND DEER SHOOTING. 239 



his squatting-place. At noon I had killed eleven 

 turkeys and Lindsay three. I got the most shots, 

 as I went after the stragglers, while he kept on 

 the track of the flock. The turkeys weighed from 

 ten to eighteen pounds each. They were not quite 

 so fat as our Illinois turkeys commonly are, but 

 their flavor was delicious, and their flesh very ten- 

 der and juicy — -just what that of a wild turkey in 

 perfection is. 



"We placed our turkeys safe hung in a tree, 

 and, going to a house, got dinner, arranging 

 with the man that he should take us and our 

 game to our camp in the evening with his wagon 

 and team. Deer were plentiful thereabout. In 

 the afternoon I shot at a big buck with turkey- 

 shot, and hit him hard. He bled freely as he 

 ran, and we followed on his trail. That pre- 

 vented us from getting any more turkeys that 

 day. We kept on the buck's track for a long 

 distance, hoping to get another shot at him. 

 We could not do so, however, and the trail 

 finally led to a place where there had been such 

 a number of deer that day that their tracks 

 were all mixed up. We saw three going over 

 the brow of a hill, but they were far out. of 

 shot. So we concluded to give up further exer r 



