ONE SHOT, ONE BUCK DEER, TWO TURKEYS, 12 TROUT

This story is true as far as I know. It was told to me by my older sister, Dorothy, when I was about 10 years old.

During the depression we were living in Fillmore, Millard County, Utah. As were about 90% of the Country , we were very poor at the time. My dad and Mom had a large family, and it was a constant struggles to put food on the table. One day my Dad decided he was going to Keg Mountain (on the West Desert) and see if he could bag a deer so we could have meat on the table.

He took his 30:06 off the wall and 1 of the his few remaining bullets and started out on his hunting trip.

As he came over a small rise, he spotted 2 turkeys perched on a limb in a tree.
Well, we hadn't had a turkey for quite a few years, so thoughts of getting venison vanished from hi head.

He rested his rifle on a stump, took aim & fired his 1 bullet at the turkeys. He missed the turkeys, but hit the branch they had perched on dead center. The branch split and as luck would have it, they got their toes caught in the opening before it closed. Their they were about 10 feet up in the tree & couldn't fly away.

Dad climbed the tree to retrieve the turkeys, shimmied out on a small branch above the turkeys so he could reach down and get the trapped turkeys. Just as he got his hand on one of the turkey's neck, the small branch that he was on broke & down they all went into the river below.

Dad always wore Bib Overalls with deep pockets. Well finally up they came & as luck would have it, Dad had fallen into a large school of trout. When he finally got to shore, his bib was chuck full of trout. The weight of the fish was too much for the pocket and a button popped off the Overalls and hit a 4 point buck deer that was passing by right bettween the eyes killing it instantly.

Well, you can imagine how proud Dad was that night with his deer, 2 turkeys & a dozen trout, & he got them all with just one shot.