Show trapping turkey one cf tho methods by which wild turkeys aro taken by native hunters as described in hunting and fishing in florida by mr 0 B gory curator of the department of ornithology in tha field columbian museum chicago certainly does little credit to the intelligence of the turkeys A place is found where turkeys are numerous corn is scattered about and if that is eaten more corn is placed there the next day the birds are fed in this manner for a week or two until they become accustomed to going there for food then small logs are laid forming a square box about 6 or 8 inches in height possibly two logs on each elde one above the other inside is placed the corn and the turkeys enter it readily as the obstruction is not sufficient to excite their fears the next night another log is added raising the box a little perhaps a foot or so and this process goes on until the email logs form a cone shaped box narrowing at the top leaving an opening perhaps a foot or 18 inches wide by which they can enter at the top corn is placed in the box and a few kernels leading to it as usual and the turkeys mounting the last log drop in and eat up the corn and now they are caught the opening is so narrow that although a turkey can easily jump down through it with closed wings ife cannot jump out again with ita wings spread |