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Novice Wild Turkey Hunting in South Carolina describes wild turkey hunting experiences in South Carolina from 1989 through 2006, with emphasis on novice hunters.
Each year, new wild turkey hunters join experienced ones throughout the United States. In South Carolina, turkey hunting is a rite of spring as approximately 45,000 hunters anticipate the season and prepare to pursue gobblers. Novice turkey hunts in this book occur in 10 South Carolina counties.
Amateur turkey hunters reveal their learning processes and some of the challenging ways of the Eastern wild turkey. This is not a “how to” book of wild turkey hunting, far from it. It is not an attempt at “successful tips” for the turkey hunter. No prize secrets are revealed. There is no unfolding of “how I became the world’s greatest turkey hunter.” A key word is “novice.” The reader may learn more of what not to do than what will lead to success. At best, some pitfalls and detours for beginning turkey hunters may be avoided.
"John Lee's career with the wily wild turkey very closely approximates my
own experience. I, too, began chasing the crazy birds in the 1980s and
have learned the one thing imminent in Lee's accounts -- no day in the
turkey woods, no matter the outcome, is
ever wasted."
Pat Robertson, Outdoors Writer, The State newspaper,
December 2007.
The book describes some equipment for turkey hunting, trials and errors, and successes. One section gives suggestions for preparing and cooking the bird, while another includes a description of a National Wild Turkey Federation banquet and auction.
It is a hunting memoir that highlights relationships with family and friends. Stories are about hunts by the author, his son and several friends, two of whom hunt from wheelchairs. Both experienced and novice hunters should identify with these hunting experiences. Potential turkey hunters should get ideas about what to anticipate when they go after gobblers.
John C. Lee became interested in hunting wild turkeys in the 1980s. Having grown up in rural South Carolina, he brought to the sport a love of the outdoors and limited experiences in other types of hunting.