The turkey deal was really a wonder. He'd happened to spot them roosted up just before daylight as he was heading to his favorite stand of hickory. He always shot subsonic hollow points in his rifle and they were mighty quiet in those big woods. He said he figured they'd fly as soon as he shot the first one so he picked a big gobbler on the lowest limb. He laid him flat and the rest just sat, but started clucking hard and moving around. He picked out the next one up the tree and popped it, still they just sat there but got more nervous. They all finally busted when he knocked another one out further up the tree.
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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