CHAPTER XVII 



CAMERA HUNTING FOR TURKEYS 



DURING the past ten years, while the sea- 

 son was open on wild turkeys, I have 

 made a rule to leave the gun at home and 

 hunt the turkey with the "camera" instead. 



On countless occasions I have sat on the bank 

 of a beautiful creek in Alabama watching and 

 waiting for these noble birds to appear and pose. 

 Time and patience, that's what it takes; likewise 

 to know the ways of the bird. 



On one occasion I had found their great tracks 

 on the sandbank, and, noting it as a favorite 

 crossing, made an impromptu blind to mask 

 the camera lest the birds get the least 

 glimpse of it or myself. It took me over two 

 months to get an opportunity for the picture 

 which I secured at last one afternoon as the sun 

 was getting low. I had been calling at inter- 

 vals, and just when least expected, there they 



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