Table of Contents
Dedication v
Foreward 1
Special Tributes 3
Introduction 4
Chapter 1 The Lady Gets Her Bird 6
Chapter 2 The Crown Royal Bird 16
Chapter 3 More Les Rice Adventures A Lesson for the Future 20
Chapter 4 West River Birds 27
Chapter 5 Custer State Park Turkeys 29
Chapter 6 A Changing Population 34
Chapter 7 Finding My "Right Stuff" 40
Chapter 8 Was She or Wasn't She? 46
Chapter 9 Wild Turkeys: No Norm 48
Chapter 10 Haunted Canyon? 50
Chapter 11 Introduction to Turkey Toys: Decoys 53
Chapter 12 Iowa Muzzleloader Bird 55
Chapter 13 Hunting Tribal Land 57
Chapter 14 Sica Hollow 66
Chapter 15 Rim Rock Romeo 70
Chapter 16 Hunting Bigfoot Country 75
Chapter 17 First Miss 79
Chapter 18 The Jim Zumbo Hunt 82
Chapter 19 Hunting in Missouri 85
Chapter 20 A Beaten Up Tom 93
Chapter 21 Trickery 97
Chapter 22 Big Bob 101
Chapter 23 Blizzard Hunt 103
Chapter 24 A Mistake With Drake 107
Chapter 25 Eerie Hunting Spot 110
Chapter 26 Airborne Toms 112
Chapter 27 Lucky Fire Discoveries 115
Chapter 28 Ol' Uncle Don: The Snoring Hunter 119
Chapter 29 A Fall Hunt 123
Chapter 30 A Most Generous Landowner/Sportsman/Friend 126
Chapter 31 A Late Fall Double 130
Chapter 32 A Pickerel Lake Classic 135
Chapter 33 Ol' Uncle Don and the Slough 140
Chapter 34 Avoiding the Clank 143
Chapter 35 Mentor Hunt 149
Chapter 36 The Two-Minute Hunt 156
Chapter 37 Funky Chicken Hunt 160
Chapter 38 Arnie's Request 166
Chapter 39 A Lucky Day with Triplets 170
Chapter 40 No-Shoot Susie 178
Chapter 41 A Grandnephew Hunt 183
Addendum I Wild Turkey Biology 191
National Wild Turkey Federation 196
Addendum II 199
Wild Turkey Fettuccini Alfredo 200
Hi Mountain Turkey Jerky 202
