This story, “Ghost Gobbler,” appeared in the May 1986 issue of Outdoor Life. He materialized one April morning out of the fog that hung heavily on a western Arkansas mountain. That wasn’t so unusual.

On Sunday, March 9, Addilee Windom, a twelve-year-old from Bogue Chitto, tagged a silver-hued gobbler during an exciting hunt with her older brother. Windom was hunting during Mississippi’s ...