The Bear Slayer

[bearpaw]

The Bear Slayer
http://sportingclassicsdaily.com/the-bear-slayer/

More about Lilly:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lilly
http://www.americanhoundsmen.com/lilly.html

I've read one of the books about Lilly, it was quite interesting.

[Timberstalker]

Wow.  He had a lot of fun!

[CaNINE]

love this one......

"In one well known account, his wife sent him to shoot a chicken-hawk that was bothering the birds around their home. Then he went missing for almost two years, and upon his return, when asked what happened, he gave the laconic answer: “That hawk just kept flying!"