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So Ya Wanna Kill a Turkey...    This post is an unprofessional, hopefully useful tale, for youngsters and you inexperienced hunters and huntresses who might enjoy hunting with Gramma or Grandpa or a mentor.  It's sure a heck of a lot more fun for us oldies to have you tag along, as long as you don't talk with a bird in sight!  We all love to personally guide you.      Maybe you are relying on your own vehicle, possibly a handed down or loaner shotgun.  You don't have a clue what to do, what to wear or where to go to hunt.  Those eager salesclerks will be all in your face to sell the latest garb, maybe you'll need and more 'n likely won't.. it's just their job to try.   YouTubes, and any online sources and magazines to give you sound reasonable heads-up how to kill a turkey.  You can learn firsthand from Gramma and Granpappy what to wear, the rest is up to you how to go 'bout learning turkey hunting.  First off, it's nothing like deer hunting,

STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS Fresh green peppers and deerburger easy meal.   We all like the gooey melted cheese and bacon!       2 LBS. GROUND DEER BURGER 1/2 ONION 2 EGGS 1 CUP CRUSHED CRACKERS OR DRIED BREAD CUBES 1 CUP COARSELY CHOPPED PORTABELLA MUSHROOMS 4 BACON SLICES 4 SLICES SWISS OR PROVOLONE CHEESE 4 LARGE GREEN BELL PEPPERS SALT and PEPPER GARLIC POWDER Mix burger, onion, crackers, eggs and seasoning in large bowl with fork, then mush thoroughly with hands.  Set aside. Cut off pepper stems, remove seeds, rinse. Cook bacon half done, tear in half.  Save drippings.* Brush bacon drippings on bottom of a baking dish (I prefer a 2 qt casserole dish), fill the peppers 1/2 full with meat mixture.  Next layer mushrooms, bacon and cheese.  (Layer cheese first if you prefer gooey, as in the photo below).  Shake garlic on top. Bake at 350 degrees 30-40 minutes till cheese is golden bubbly.  Let rest five minutes. *Deer burger has no fat unless

Big Creek  It's a wonder there's any game in these woods at all bein's it's overrun by the locals during gun season.  It's a little wicked wilderness so thick with brush you can't see past thirty yards..   But big deer abound in river bottoms and its hillsides, often coming into the upper fields to feed at night. And flocks of turkey roost in the tall oaks and sycamore trees in the surrounding flood-prone bottoms that more resembles a swamp than a creek.  We were after those birds.     A few years back in the fall, I guess my husband just wanted to show me around so he motioned me to stay close -- we didn't split up.  Alright by me, I didn't want to wander by myself till I knew the area better.  Those bottoms are too easy to get lost, gave me the creeps.   We hiked down the bare path winding into the creek basin, shotguns in hand,  turkey hunting in the swamp during a dry spell.  Obviously Ed knew the way, he was surefooted, not slowin