HUNTING TURKEY WITH A DOG 223 



yards of the flush, if you have not secured your 

 bird, select a good place to call. Sit down with 

 your back against a tree, or behind a log or fallen 

 tree if that suits you better. Sit quite flat and 

 low, bringing the knees nearly up to the eyes. 

 Call the dog to you at once by a whisper and wave 

 of the hand, and make him lie snugly at your 

 side, looking in the direction you look. 



After a few minutes, when everything is still, 

 you begin to call at short intervals. Now and 

 then a low yelp, at first, and if you get a reply, 

 cease calling until the results begin to show up, 

 either by one or more turkeys coming to your 

 call, or in their collecting together in another di- 

 rection, which is more likely to be the case, from 

 the fact that the mother hen is doing more effec- 

 tive calling than you, or they are inclined to go 

 that way anyhow. In such a case you must get 

 up at once and proceed in the direction you see 

 them flying. Go quickly to where they are col- 

 lecting. Put the dog after them again and into 

 the trees they will go; you then proceed as at 

 first and continue these tactics until you have 

 got what you want, or have lost them entirely. 



