Not being a professional turkey hunter and seeing how my son wanted to shoot a turkey bird with his grandfather’s old model 12, 16 gauge, I called one in. Calling in a professional turkey hunter seemed much easier than calling in a turkey; this is probably because there are more professional turkey hunters than turkeys. On the specified day the expert showed …
He dropped out of school in third grade and worked the family farm until he was old enough to get a job at a coalmine. Before he reached voting age, he fell off a rail car and it ran over his leg. He’d wear a prosthetic the rest of his life. During prohibition he realized running moonshine was more profitable than farm …
He was gobbling while I was putting out my decoys. A professional turkey hunter would have said I was late. I’m not a professional turkey hunter. I put my back against a tree, which was at the top of a rock cliff, unholstered my Blackhawk and cocked it. I hit a few licks on the call and three turkey birds gobbled. I …
