Turkeys and Tall Tales

About the Book

In this his first book, the author teaches lessons on turkey hunting as he relates to the reader a series of funny stories about encounters he has had over the years while hunting turkeys with dear friends and colleagues. Embedded within the TALES are lessons and tips that hopefully will make the reader more successful at turkey hunting and cause them to laugh at the ridiculous scenarios that can and do happen in the turkey woods. Hazards like snakes, bears, fires and barbed wire fences are discussed in the stories to make personal safety something the hunter should always consider. Practical, helpful tips to make a turkey hunter more successful are scattered throughout and in a section at the end. The central theme of the book is “friendships” and the love of the wild turkey.

About the Author

The author has hunted for over 50 years and practiced law in Tuscaloosa and Centreville, Alabama for over 40 years. Turkey hunting has been the author’s passion for over 35 years. He has recorded seven grand slams, five royal slams, and two world slams with the National Wild Turkey Federation. Ted Hellums has hunted turkeys in seven states and Mexico and written several magazine articles. He is the maker of wing bone, box and friction turkey calls. In 2004 the Federal Land Bank Magazine did a story on the author and said this: “Tales of the Hunt”--Ted Hellums has loved hunting since his first hunting trip when he and a friend packed a lunch and his friends mother dropped them off in the country to hunt squirrels. When he begins to talk about past hunts, a youthful spark of wanderlust comes into his eyes, and a broad grin breaks across his face” People are mesmerized by his TALES of the Hunt and cannot help but laugh at the funny things he relates.