Anyone ever read about Ben Lilly?

[JWarren]

Lilly was one of the truly great outdoorsmen, having read a considerable amount about him earlier in my life, I have come to have a great deal of respect for his skill and determination.

http://epcc.edu/nwlibrary/borderlands/23/Ben Lilly.htm

 

[westcobbdog]

good read..liked the part that basically said he was so tempted to hunt..he kissed his wife goodbye and left to roam forever!

 

[Nicodemus]

Oh yea! The man who could stand flatfooted in a empty rain barrel, and jump out without touchin` the sides. When his wife sent him out to kill the hawk that was gettin` her chickens, he stayed gone for two years. When the question was asked on his return, his reply was, "well, that hawk just kept on flyin`!"

He was a character, with a capital C! VERY religious too.

 

[Ulysses]

It's hard to imagine anyone like him surviving in the modern day, which is sad. Of course if there were many more like him, sounds like there wouldn't be a bear or mountain lion left alive anywhere.

 

[cotton top]

Wish he was around now, He could get rid of all these BLACK PANTHERS

 

[Vernon Holt]

Yep, but we would still have those who believe in them (panthers).

I like Ben Lilly because he was a hound man. This will not win him many brownie points on Woody's though.

I kinda like his middle name as well.

 

[cotton top]

You wouldn't be a little biased about that name would you Mr. Holt?
I have 2 or 3 pictures of Ben Lilly in my little room that my wife lets me keep my " STUFF" in.

I too feel like I was born about 100 yrs. too LATE!

Good read thanks for sharing with us.

 

[Jake Allen]

Great read, thanks for taking the time to post.
Another day, another wonderful awareness from GON.
j

 

[gordylew]

I felt I was born a hundred years too late until I realized I could not live without Air conditioning, Pizza, micro waves and women that bath regularly.

 

[cotton top]

just don't bathe until she does