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king' s outdoor world - Hunting Illustrated April/May 2008 - Index

72
Turkey
Fever
BY SHEILA BISHOP
It was about nine years ago when
Jeff, my husband, and Brad, my
Dad, came down with an illness.
The illness was called “turkey fever.”
The two men in my life began showing
many strange symptoms of this fever.
They started waking up in the very early
morning, covering themselves from
head to toe in camoufl age attire and
then hiding for hours in a bush to watch
turkeys fl y out of the roost. They would
tell us girls about how they needed to
“put the turkeys to bed” at night. This
had us worried if the guys would ever
snap out of this crazy fever. When
they got home they would strut around
the house, clucking and gobbling as if
they were a turkey themselves. The
turkeys they were hunting were even
labeled with names like “Brush Beard”
and “White Ghost.” These two turkeys
have since joined the family and are
mounted on our wall.
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