Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Hunting

No matter how mean you are, when you’re dead I ain’t scared of you

Two North Georgia farmers compete to see who can tell the best version of a local ghost story. “Fat or lean, take him as he is!”

Squirrel hunting was and is a passion, necessity (that may be more of a was), and a sport in the hills of Virginia and Kentucky.

It is likewise commonly reported that spirits of turpentine applied plentifully to the wound will draw out the poison and effect a cure.

Back in nineteen and thirteen me and my brother coon hunted lots [in the] Smokies. We had a dog named Track. He was a good one.

Jim Gasque, NC sportsman, proved that the ordinary slingshot, when properly made and used, can be an adult weapon of deadly accuracy.

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