By Brent Frazee, McClatchy Newspapers
STOCKTON, Mo. (MCT) - Ken White was ready to pull the trigger.
The turkey he had been calling was close - within 20 yards, he estimated. Because the bird was concealed by heavy brush, he couldn't see it. But he could hear it.
That's why he had his shotgun up, ready to fire the moment the turkey walked into a clearing.
One more soft call. One more answer. And the turkey inched closer.
But then, as turkeys often do, the bird did the unexpected. It took a right turn while still hidden by the heavy brush, and raced into a field, out of shooting range.
"I don't think that bird saw us," White said as he stood in the woods not far from Stockton Lake. "I don't know...