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I killed it dead, and felt mighty happy as it came tumbling down through the air. I KILLED IT DEAD AND FELT MIGHTY HAPPY AS IT CAME TUMBLING DOWN THROUGH THE AIR
began my hunts in absolute night; but fortunately we had a brilliant moon on each occasion. The first two days were failures. I did not see a turkey, and on each occasion when everybody was perfectly certain that I was going to see a turkey, something went wrong and the turkey did not turn up. The last day I was out thirteen hours, and you may imagine how hungry I was when I got back, not to speak of being tired; though fortunately most of the time I was rambling around on horseback, so I was not done out. But in the afternoon at last luck changed, and then for once everything went right. The hunter who was with me marked a turkey in a point of pines stretching down from a forest into an open valley, with another forest on its farther side. I ran down to the end of the point and hid behind a bush. He walked down through the pines and the turkey came out and started to fly across the valley, offering me a beautiful side shot at about thirty-five yards--just the distance for my ten-bore. THE NEXT SO THAT I BEGAN MY HUNTS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHT BUT FORTUNATELY WE HAD A BRILLIANT MOON ON EACH OCCASION THE FIRST TWO DAYS WERE FAILURES I DID NOT SEE A TURKEY AND ON EACH OCCASION WHEN EVERYBODY WAS PERFECTLY CERTAIN THAT I WAS GOING TO SEE A TURKEY SOMETHING WENT WRONG AND THE TURKEY DID NOT TURN UP THE LAST DAY I WAS OUT THIRTEEN HOURS AND YOU MAY IMAGINE HOW HUNGRY I WAS WHEN I GOT BACK NOT TO SPEAK OF BEING TIRED THOUGH FORTUNATELY MOST OF THE TIME I WAS RAMBLING AROUND ON HORSEBACK SO I WAS NOT DONE OUT BUT IN THE AFTERNOON AT LAST LUCK CHANGED AND THEN FOR ONCE EVERYTHING WENT RIGHT THE HUNTER WHO WAS WITH ME MARKED A TURKEY ON A POINT OF PINES STRETCHING DOWN FROM A FOREST INTO AN OPEN VALLEY WITH ANOTHER FOREST ON ITS FARTHER SIDE I RAN DOWN TO THE END OF THE POINT AND HID BEHIND A BUSH HE WALKED DOWN THROUGH THE PINES AND THE TURKEY CAME OUT AND STARTED TO FLY ACROSS THE VALLEY OFFERING ME A BEAUTIFUL SIDE SHOT AT ABOUT THIRTY FIVE YARDS JUST THE DISTANCE FOR MY TEN BOAR
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