The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-07
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Gho Beautiful Birds Still Found IN
Southern Illinois,
GAME FOUND IN 1HESWAHpS
Homo But Expert Hunters Able to Bag
Thorn = The Happy Hunting
Grounds of sportsmen How They
Bring Them Out of the Trees at
Night-Easily Taken in sleety
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+ TAMsIS, H., Nov. 6.-Down hero In
Alexander county is found the remnant
of the once large army OF wild turkey
shooters. Some OF the most expert
rirlomen In tho land are here, and
hunter may and flock OF fat wild tur-
keys II he knows how to hunt them.
There are several places along the
une OF the Chicago &: Eastern Illinois
road where wild turkeys are still hunt
Cd and killed. These arc near the sta
lions of Cypress. Perks and Tamms
There are ditrerept stories as to the
extent OF turkey shooting 1t is dill
cult to get any ono but an old turkey
shooter to admit that there are any
more birds Of that species. and he must
DO conIed considerably before he is
willing to give up.
Some Turkey Experts.
A. B. Howland, OF this plaGe, who has
lived on tn, bottoms for more than a
quarter Of century, is an authority
on turkeys. Some Of the other turkey
experts arc Ingersoll Mcdaniel, Of Dis
wood, Richard Y. Shock and C.. Manly,
OF Sandusky. ILL.,. Jerry Dunning, near
Olive Branch, Joshua LIE. sandusky. and
William Linn, near this place. Between
the hunters, who give tho game little
chance for their life, and tho foxes, and
other animals, which eat the eggs, It
requires hard, persistent. hunting to
raise the game. III
twenty-five years ago we used to
trap wild turkey" said Mt. Rowland,
when asked for some Information re-
garding tho game. I'VE built pen
under and into which we dug q trench
and scattered in 1t some grains OF corn.
The turkeys would walk right into the
Enclosure. but when they got In they
never came out, save as prisoners. Tur-
keys never look down to5set out of a
difficulty. hence they id5not SEQ the
exit They looked UP, and Of course
found no way OF getting out.
what few turkeys that Nc get nova
days are shot. We get near them by
using . Continuance 10 toll them within
gunshot. This continuance Is made in
different ways, but in each case 1t is
made to sound like the peculiar yell OF
the turkey. A bone fromTthe end OF
the turkey wing Is mostly used. This
IS placed In the mouth. and by a suck
Ing process 1t Is made to emit sound
hard to distinguish from the real ciucle
OF the turkey. An Instrument for the
same purpose Is made from piece of
sugar cane. or by scraping 4 boxllke
eontrivance across the barrel Of 4 gun,
the same sound is produced with mar
Vicious c!earrcsS. SR-
In Cypress Swamps.
1.-THE thing to do Is to get into the
cypress swamps. where the turkeys feed
on mast. BY this Is meant the album
dance Of small nuts. such as beech nuts,
on which the game feeds. They also
feed on Wild peas and corn. No hun
ter should attempt to hide, behind L tree
IN order to get sight of a turkey. This
kind OF game is always looking for
something to pop out from behind dlf-
ferent objects. After calling flock
one should sit down with his back 10
q tree. facing the direction from which
he has succeed in getting an answering
call. The game then comes within
Eunshot. 80
Another method OF taking wild tur-
keys is at night by moonlight. This OF
course can only be done when the roos:
is known. which Is as difficult to find
as a bee tree.
ut Is difficult to distinguish L tu--
key from buzzard at night, but an
expert can do it. At the slightest noise
= turkey ut night will stretch out his
neck and peer about as II seeming trou-
bic, but buzzard takes no such pre-
caution. The turkey. or the object
supposed to be one. is brought between
tho moon and the hunter. WHIP. once HI.
secures ,hi. sdTan;aGe Is next 10 being
sure OF his game. The shot is fired
almost directly from under, and the
bird comes tumbling down almost at
The nimrod's feet. f,iag
Turkeys lay their eggs In the
swamps. They build their nests In very
thickly matted places. beside an old
log. They hatch along In early sum-
MGR. and by harvest time the young are
Of good frying size. The wild sobbler
in April makes an immense amount of
iloise. which may be heard In the qu!e,
OF the swamps over long distances. They
strut about. dragging their wings In the
dead leaves. uttcring their repeated
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES with all the vain
glorious manner OF the. domestic fowl o.
the same tribe. iWE
Hunting by Night. ~
wild turkeys may be blinded with q
torch at night and some hunters resort
To this nrtifce to trap them. Turkeys
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