CHAPTER X 



GUNS I HAVE USED ON TURKEYS 



THE rifle is, par excellence, the arm for 

 hunting the wild turkey under nearly 

 all conditions. It matters little what 

 calibre rifle is used. Years ago when I began to 

 hunt turkeys the muzzle-loading round ball rifle 

 was the only arm thought fit, and it surely did 

 the work well and satisfactorily. 



It is said that Davy Crockett when a boy was 

 compelled by his father to shoot enough game in 

 the morning to supply his dinner, and was allowed 

 one load of powder and a bail to do it with. If he 

 missed and got no game he got no dinner. 



In the old days the .38 calibre, shooting a 

 round ball, was about the proper size, with not 

 too much twist in the rifle; one twist or turn in 

 five feet was about the thing. Those rifles were 

 reliable and did not lacerate the flesh unless too 

 much powder was used. 



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