The Turnbo Manuscripts
by Silas Claiborne Turnbo
1844-1925
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HOW HE SAVED A LOAD OF AMMUNITION
By S. C. Turnbo
An amusing little hunting story is given by Jerry Jenkins who was born and principally raised on Little Beaver Creek in Douglas County, Mo.
"One night," said he, "when wild turkeys were plentiful my
father, Joseph Jenkins, in company with Jake Casebolt, went into the Hewed
Log Hollow to kill turkeys. This hollow took its name from Bill Martin who
cut a set of house logs in the hollow and hewed and then let them all lay
there and rot and the citizens give it this name. It runs into the Martin
hollow, the last named of which flows Into Beaver Creek on the east side
opposite the Bill Martin land. The moon was giving a partial light and as
the two men were passing up the hollow they decided to separate and Casebolt
went up on one side of the hollow and my father on the other side. They
had not been apart very long before my father saw an object in a tree by
the dim light of the moon which he supposed was only one turkey and shot
at It and at the report of the gun two turkeys fell instead of only one.
Picking them up he went on and met Mr. Casebolt who had seen nothing to
shoot at yet, and dropped the big fat turkey down at his companion’s
feet. At this Casebolt says, "Hello, Jenkins, how come you with two
turkeys I never heard you shoot but once," and my father replied, "Well,
my old friend, I am short of ammunition and I took a notion to kill two
birds at one shot. This saves a waste of powder and lead."
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