#deerhunting – Arkansas Wildlife History

Early Arkansas Hunters: 1910 Poinsett County Deer Hunter

Circa 1910—Deer Hunter and Farmer Minneral (Minnie) Millinder Spence (b. 2 FEB 1869 in Tennessee) with 1899 Model 99 Savage deer rifle. Spence lived in Boliver in Poinsett County in 1910 with his wife, Lillie, and his seven children. More info on the Savage: https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/review-savage-model-99/357148. Source: Ancestry.com

Early Arkansas Hunters: Dallas County, 1905

Circa 1905, Elon H. Fielder (b. 23 AUG 1853) is on a white horse with a powder horn. His son, Claud R. Fielder (b. 13 JAN 1882), has a hunting horn around his neck (used to call the dogs). They have a pack of hounds. The pair are about to head off on a deerContinue reading “Early Arkansas Hunters: Dallas County, 1905”