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■j A HOLIDAY HUNT FOR 
A TURKEY DINNER 
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we came to a long line of this scrub and 
turned to avoid it. We had passed all 
of the numerous signs of the turkeys 
and had been saying that probably the 
bunch must have made off towards the 
river, perhaps crossed to the other side, 
as they frequently do when alarmed, 
when we saw a flutter at the point of 
a narrow bunch of palmettos about thirty 
yards ahead of us. Tom ran directly 
in and attempted to force through the 
thick, leafy growth while I ran out to 
get a better view below the point just 
in time to see a single turkey rise and 
go off up through the pines. A great 
live-oak sent out wide spreading 
branches just in front of him and long 
gray moss was swaying in most grace- 
ful festoons from above. What was 
more in evidence just then to my eyes 
was a glorious big bird getting away 
at a fearful rate and into mighty thick 
cover up among the tree-tops. The right 
barrel spoke as he swung into the oak 
top and while I knew I had it on him, 
as I pulled, too much bark flew from 
the oak limb to feel very sure of seeing 
the bird come down. I wondered why 
Tom had not shot for he was rather 
closer to the bird than I was, but it 
transpired that as he went into the 
palmetto patch he became tangled in a 
heavy bamboo briar and was out of the 
chase for the time being. 
G azing very longingly at the bird 
as he came out past the big oak 
limb and pendant moss I thought 
there was still a chance for me before 
he closed from sight in the thicker tree 
tops. Just a narrow opening showed 
and he was headed right for it. 
Of course it wasn’t two seconds, but 
it seemed much longer until I knew he 
would show up in that opening; and 
while it was a long shot, the left was 
full choked and he had some of the 4’s 
in his neck and head in time to stop 
his course before he got clear of that 
live-oak. 
It seems almost incredible how such 
a heavy body can acquire such speed 
in so short a time with wings of such 
shape. There is no sudden whir-r-r-r 
of wings when the bird arises, as in the 
case of quail and grouse, and seemingly 
only a little tremor or fluttering as 
they go off; but they are no laggard, 
as will be found when it comes to stop- 
ping them in full flight. 
This one proved to be an old gobbler, 
a beautiful specimen and in prime order. 
Of course he was not of the company 
we had hunted earlier in the day, for 
during the winter sdason the gobblers 
are found singly or in small flocks — some- 
times two or three together. 
We found a few places where this one 
had been scratching near where we first 
saw him and he must have been hungry 
for his supper to have permitted so close 
an approach. Rarely indeed is one taken 
unawares on the ground except in late 
winter and early spring when thej' are 
