This wasn't the way Jerry LeBrasseur of Cloquet had planned his turkey hunt. He was hunting near Winona, Minn., in the spring of 2006 -- with pneumonia. He reacted to the antibiotics he'd been given.

If you miss a gobbler, it’s probably not because of the shell you shoot. Photo courtesy of Steve Sorensen The big gobbler was down on the bench, just below me. He answered every call, but was heading ...