You may not be a hunter, but you can learn a simple truth from the wild turkey that just might keep you from the death of all you hold sacred.
A tom is the ultimate male stud. He goes into strut, displays his strength and dominance, and the ladies just can't stand it. They often break into a flat out run to get to him before any competitors come calling. In fact, his created nature dictates that he stays put while they do the work to get to him. He never chases women, they always come to him. Almost always.
On occasion a tom will hear a hen that is elusive. She's sexy in the way she talks to him. She's long legged, and mysterious. She just moves different than the rest of the girls.
Then the tom does something that violates his nature. He will actually investigate her just a bit. He'll move closer. She walks away even more. He can't see every part of her, yet he can't help but visualize what she must look like when the light hits her late in the evening. She keeps talking. Nobody is looking. She's supposed to come to him, and he knows it. They keep talking.
He goes against every thing he knows to be true, and moves closer. The love talk continues. Sweet sounds fill the air right up until he hears the sonic boom of a shotgun blast leading him to his death.
I've looked down my gun barrel countless times as I watched a tom lose his life simply because he violated the truths that have kept him alive in a hostile world.
"For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave ... why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast. He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly."
- Proverbs 5
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