Tag: hunting

PATRON + A cute turkey hunting story from 1937 Clarke County, Alabama

The Mrs. Kills A Turkey (From the Clarke County Democrat 1937 reprinted in The Tuscaloosa News Dec. 8, 1937) When the average man kills…

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PATRON + Fox hunting in Alabama – very different from colonial America [ vintage photographs]

September 26, 2019 September 12, 2019by Donna R Causey

I recently ran across these interesting fox hunting photographs at the Alabama Department of Archives and History taken in Barbour County, Alabama in the 1930s.…

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The Last Panther in Alabama – or was he?

January 2, 2019 December 29, 2018by Dorothy Clark

The Last Panther In Alabama (Written exactly as told) from Gibbons Family News Letter submitted by Dorothy Clark Way back, sometime around 1902…

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Have you ever horse traded with hounds?

August 3, 2017 July 23, 2017by Donna R Causey

Horse Trading with Hounds by Shannon Hollon Coon hunting and hound trading has had a long tradition in Alabama history. We got to experience…

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Is this the last Mountain Lion in Alabama?

July 23, 2017 July 23, 2017by Donna R Causey

Many people commented and responded to the story The Last Panther in Alabama – or was he? that was recently posted on AP with their…