ALABAMA GAME AND FISH NEWS 
 
FIELD NOTES 
 
TURKEY NEST FOUND 
The following is from Malcolm Mc- 
Millan, one of the leading sportsmen 
of Brewton: 
On May 8, near Brewton, I flushed 
a turkey hen and soon found her nest 
because she had not had time to 
cover it. It had fourteen eggs in it 
and was located on the side of a ra- 
vine, where neither the hen nor the 
eggs would be molested by hogs. 
There were .several interesting 
features in connection with this tur- 
key nest. Around it were twigs and 
a branch from a bay tree on which 
the leaves were dead, which I am in- 
formed by old turkey hunters she 
used for the purpose of covering and 
concealing the eggs when she would 
leave the nest during the day, and 
at night for the purpose of imitating 
a rattlesnake if she heard enemies in 
close proximity to the nest, by put- 
ting her head in the dry leaves and 
rattling them and at the same time 
 
Malcolm McMillan pointing to wild tur- 
key nest and eggs. 
 
making a hissing sound. Probably 
the thing that interested me most, 
however, was that within 250 feet 
of the nest there was a red fox den. 
I found this nest in the morning, 
and in the afternoon I went back and 
had some pictures made. We en- 
deavored to get a moving picture of 
the turkey hen as she left the nest, 
but the flight shows only as a flash 
on the screen. 
One week later I went back to the 
nest and found that the hen had 
hatched and gone. The mother and 
her brood had been seen several times 
in that vicinity. I don't know how 
many young turkeys hatched off, but 
there were no eggs left in the nest. 
We hope to be able to ascertain just 
how many turkeys there are in this 
brood at the present time. 
FLOCK OF MOCKINGBIRDS 
J. W. Whitehead of Troy, Route 2, 
reports seeing a number of mocking 
birds crossing over his field together. 
There were about 50 in the flock. 
A 75-POUND CATFISH 
The largest blue catfish ever seen 
in Jasper, perhaps, was brought to 
the Hotel Collins here Tuesday even- 
ing by J. E. Jagger, of Birmingham, 
and Edwin Runk. It weighed seven- 
ty-five pounds. 
The fish was caught in the Ten- 
nessee River near Sheffield Tuesday 
morning by Fred Sandlin (formerly 
of Jasper), J. E. Jagger and Edwin 
Runk while jug fishing. They had a 
hook and line baited with a half- 
pound drum fish. The line was tied 
to a jug and allowed to float. It took 
them a long time to land the mam- 
moth cat, Mr. Jagger stated. It 
broke loose from them several times 
but they watched for the jug to come 
up again and after several trials, 
they landed him.-The Alexander 
City Outlook.