. Book of the Royal blue . direction that the largerportion of the flock had taken in hopes thatthey would begin to call soon. Mycompanion, while a good caller, thinks it isalways wise to wait for the turkeys to callfirst, so we waited for a long time and finallyone did begin to call. But the wind blewso hard that we could not locate him, nordid he seem to be able to find us, so we losthim. Upon investigation we found thatthere was an old corn field just behind usin the clearing. When we first sighted theturkeys we were between them and thisfield, and they were evidently bound no
. Book of the Royal blue . direction that the largerportion of the flock had taken in hopes thatthey would begin to call soon. Mycompanion, while a good caller, thinks it isalways wise to wait for the turkeys to callfirst, so we waited for a long time and finallyone did begin to call. But the wind blewso hard that we could not locate him, nordid he seem to be able to find us, so we losthim. Upon investigation we found thatthere was an old corn field just behind usin the clearing. When we first sighted theturkeys we were between them and thisfield, and they were evidently bound now getting well on into the after-noon, so we went back after our birds andstarted on the homeward journey down themountains, more than content with thedays success. It was no easy work carryingthat gobbler, and we had to take turns, butto me it was a precious burden, and as wesat .around the open fire that night watchingthe big logs burn I could only think ofwhat real enjoyment I had obtained frommy first wild-turkey
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