American game bird shooting (1882) (14568883410)

Identifier: americangamebird00murp (find matches)

Title: American game bird shooting

Year: 1882 (1880s)

Authors: Murphy, John Mortimer

Subjects: Game and game-birds Hunting

Publisher: New York, Orange Judd

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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THE WILD TUKKEY. 37 excited and let your heart bump the gun out of yourhand; nor must your eyes get so big that you see ten tur-keys instead of one. Keep cool, above all things; and ifever you get bald-headed keep your hat on, or the mos-quitoes and sandflies may tickle you so much that youwill feel more like killing them than the turkeys. Now,do you understand me plainly? I think so. Then 1 have taught you the first lesson in turkeyshooting; so well get inside the blind and see if youcant bag the enchanted gobbler. We entered accordingly, and having seated ourselves ona fallen log, and loaded our guns with BBB shot, mycicerone indicated the various points at which he thoughtI could afford to risk firing at a bird, in case I got thechance. Having committed them to memory, I com-menced putting his advice into practice by imaginingthat turkeys appeared on every special spot, and aimingat them in the coolest manner possible. While I wasengaged in this mental and physical exercise, the se

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