The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04

f''ll dead on th. spot where h. had made
his lasi strut
THAI ~as how Black JET had or'-
witts'd his smart old gobtl-r down IN fh,,
I.ittl" River round tinlB.r, ana " hAl
worked un this one IA H." jhhlata wOou
Vita th" same. satisfactory result.
SuhslstIng a. they tlu uu atprii-, mus
and pth.r nutritious mast II th'' woods
tn. Wild turkeys travel about in IN" Tall
ss-Slng IN. best f,-'ting places IN"
rang- VI IN" turkey IN f"nl-SN anna
~ all along th., BI.' Ridge from a. lar
east a. IN" willis II Schuylk county
II wu> "a common thing IN the DAYS not
So long ago Tor LARK. Hooks or Groves
of ihsin Tor they travel On loot to emf
graf. from tn. 81 sIern limit OF IN" RANGE
10 the Junlata country ana heNohh
h''r's the crop of nuts and nCOTnS s'S''Ii-h
| Ia be- of sur-r and larger NIed som" wears
. than WAS the case IN the eastern gToun'is'
: This change of quarters would come
generally about mid October u" tur-
KEYS are fast travellers. but Their" are
rivers To cross ON IN" ~ay. and TINS II an
un'.ari aking that gives them much triai
Will" th. wild turkey II strong ana -wlI'
OF wingit cannot sustain very long fiEht
The birds fed lih"rsllv IA they travel.
and in TN. days of their Westward Jour
news in Pennsylvania by m" tim" they
came To IN. easi-rn bank of the Juniata.
u fayorite spot on which sseIn.H,i tn no
AT n point twenty miles north OF Harris
burg. hey wer. heavy ia flesh and thus
still less in condition TO make much "f
flight
Wild and wary and suspicious az TN"
Wild turk az IL. the builtling of the railroad
up the east bank Of tho .Iuniata River
did not stOp them from crossing IN"
stream AZ that polnt Their ancestors
had doubtless chosen that place Tor
crossing from time on' of mind
Taking a lonr rest in the highest trees
" andIng along the river on that side.
drove Of turkeys arriving there would
by and by ~ fhe 81 anal OF som" OLD Rob-
bier rise on wing for the flight across
Many would give ont before reaching LAM
again and rin bic in tho river Those thai
made tho crossing successfully would
be so weary that they would sovne' lines
barely reach the refuge of rhe woods
Some thar fell ia the water would ma nag"
To get ashore and scramble up the
bank where il WINS no trouhl. 10 Kill or
capture them Others were caught NV
hunters in boats II often happened
that tagging turkeys. having cleared IN"
river safely hut roo tired 10 conftnu"
ih.r highr Ia the woods landed On passing
freight trains and were captured by tram
men
The sport man who seekS wild turkey
hunting nowadays must 90 far at"lf
for II The birds are plentiful in all th"
South ern States The hnnd"st regions
are in Virginia and the CarolinaS In
trapping for Wild rurkeys was IN fl'r
wav 10 extermina's them in their album
dani fields in that State when thos" de-
s'ructiva methods were at last prohibited
nor so long ago AZ thai N ~ but four
or Ave years go that the ancient custom
prevailed in North Carolina Of farm hands
hiring ont by tine year agreeing Ia Kill
ono ~ild turkey n week for their employer
as part 81 IN err year work
I met "a man in the Nochss River co'In-
try Texas. in 1907, who hunted wild -'lr
KEYS with the weapon Of the primitive
hunters. the crossbow and quarrel lie
said he thrill ~ the sport with thai welDon
was in tho lurking under cover and turing
this cautious game 10 his shot knowing
thar the weapon : range could not b" acc'I-
rate hevond "A histanr" e twenty wards
The skill required in getting a wild lrkey
near enough for a sure shot with ~"
croasbow he declared. was u greater do
light 10 him than bringing down with a rife
the grandesr gobhI.r IN the woods at the
longest possible range