Wild Turkey Its Hunting

An illustrated guide to hunting for one of America's most popular game birds.

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From the Publisher: Wild turkey hunting is the up-and-coming sportsman's activity. And the key to understanding the wild turkey hunt is understanding the habits and habitat of this noble bird. An experienced veterinarian and hunter, John J. Mettler Jr. has written the most comprehensive guide for turkey hunters of all ages and skill levels. Wild Turkeys will take you step by step through every aspect of this exciting sport, including: Understanding wild turkey distribution, feeding patterns, and mating rituals; Choosing safe and effective clothing, firearms, and equipment; Dressing your turkey in the field; Mounting a prize bird; Photographing turkeys in their natural habitat. You'll also find 30 recipes to help you fully enjoy this rare delicacy.

Tenth Legion has long been considered the greatest - and most hilarious - book on turkey hunting. Yet until now it was only available in a privately published edition. Many people who hunt turkeys do so with an attention to detail, a regard for strategy, tactics, and operations, and a disregard for personal comfort and convenience that ranks second only to war. As for all cultists, it never occurs to them that they may be anachronisms. Supremely unconscious of the rest of the world, blind and deaf to logic and reason, they walk along their different roads in step to the music of their different drums.

Although uncontrolled hunting once reduced turkey numbers, today there is a resurgence of the wild turkey population. This book will help you understand the wild turkey's habits and teach techniques you'll need to hunt them. You'll learn about the equipment you'll need, several types of turkey calls, and how to ensure a clean kill. A day in the woods can be miserable for the ill-equipped hunter, and so we have a section on accessories that can help you select gear to enhance your hunting experience. Once the gobbler has been collected, you'll learn how to preserve your trophy and even how to dress and cook it. Concise information and beautiful, detailed photographs make this a wild turkey reference you'll want on your shelf.

Although many eminent naturalists and observers have written of the turkey from the date of its introduction to European civilization to the present time, there has been no very satisfactory history of the intimate life of this bird, nor has there been a satisfactory analysis of either the material from which our fossil turkeys are known, or the many writings concerning the early history of the bird and its introduction to civilization. I have attempted in this work to cover the entire history of this very interesting and vanishing game bird, and believe it will fill a long-felt want of hunters and naturalists for a more detailed description of its life history.