From a historical perspective, Davis's book is a good book. I have hunted some of the Savannah River areas he mentions in the book. Much of the areas he hunted are now under square miles of man made lakes.
He hunted with rifles and shotguns. One of his favorite shotguns was a Greener. The owner of one of the places Frank has hunted here in Georgia reportedly paid $100,000 for the original manuscript and one of the author's wingbone calls. Gil
He paid $50,000...for the call and manuscript. I warned him before the purchase that from what I had heard I was sure something was fishy. He didn't listen...turns out the diary was public record and anyone could copy it...the call I'm sure belonged to Davis.
The year he bought it...he had his secretary copy the manuscript and send me a copy and when I went hunting that year he handed me the call and said "go kill a turkey ithv it"...which I did.
As far as the Greener he hunted turkeys with...it was made about 1920 with no signs of any wear...I don't recall reading in his hunting diary about him killing a turkey with it maybe he did.
I don't recall many turkeys in the diary...lots of blue whislers and deer hounds...fact after reading the hunting diary I looked at Henry Davis differently.
I found out from the editor of "Garden and Gun" Art Carter that a writer doesn't have to walk the walk only type the hype.
After Arts death my life time subscription to Garden and Gun lasted a couple of years...I started to call and ask them why it stopped coming...but the deal I had made was with a dead man I didn't figure they'd care to hear about it.