WAYNESBURG, Pa.—In a roadside clearing, a younger man in boots, denims, black hoodie, and black cap emerges from a path and sits on a flat-topped boulder.
He’s startled to see he’s not alone on this heat, overcast Easter afternoon within the woods simply north of the Pennsylvania–West Virginia state line.
Between swigs from a plastic water bottle, he describes a two-hour hike from his house, monitoring alongside tree-lines atop hillside pastures, scouting for turkey signal with spring looking season two weeks away.
Folks consider turkeys are dumb, he says, however bearded Toms are wily. They’re sounding off, gobbling within the grassy seep under his father’s farm, close to the mine he works at, however they’re nowhere to be seen whenever you’re on the lookout for them, he laughs….
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