Vlll LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



An ideal turkey country. They will go a long way 



to roost in trees growing in water 156 



A hermit. It would take an expert turkey hun- 

 ter to circumvent this bird 160 



Big woods in Louisiana where the old gobblers 



roam at will. A delightful place in which to camp 174 



Jordan's Turkey Call (cut in text) 183 



I soon saw the old gobbler stealing slowly through 



the brush 190 



"Cluck," "put," "put," there stands a gobbler, 



within twenty paces to the left . . . . . . 202 



Suddenly there was a " Gil-obble-obble-obble," so 



near it made me jump 206 



The soft, gentle quaver of the hen has no effect on 



the ear of the young gobbler 216 



