| Show Trapping Turkey Quo of tho methods by which wild turkeys ode taken by uativn hunters IM described in I Hunting luid 1 Hilling In 1lorlda by Sir C U Cory curator of tho department of ornithology In the Field Columbian museum Chicago certainly docs llttlo credit to the Intelligence of tho gence turkcys A place 1 tOOl < l whcro turkeys nro numerous Corn is I scattered about nnd if that is eaten mora corn in I placed thcro tho next day Thu birds arc tel lu this ranuucr for I week or two until they become nccustomrd to going thoro for food Then small logs nro laid forming naiaaro box ubout 0 orB Inche lu height possibly two logs on each side ono nboo tho other Iwido is placed < tho corn and the tnrkeyn enter I readily W thou obstruction is not sufficient to cxcito their fears Tho next night another log Is outdo l raising the box n I tie porlmps n tot or so and this process Joe on until tho mal logs form 1 cono shaped box narrowing nar-rowing nt the top leaving an opening perhaps a foot or IB inches while i by whirhthey can enter nt the top Oem in I placed in tho box nnd n few crnels leading to It ta usual nud lute turkeys mounting tho liwt log drop toad to-ad eat np 1 thf > corn And now they nru caught Th opening Is I narrow that although turkey can easily jump down through It with cloned wings it cannot Jump > out again with its wluga spread |
