Ben Lilly's guns

Travis Stirek · Post by **Travis Stirek** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:58 pm

Does any one know if Ben Lilly's gun(s) have been preserved,either museum or private collection or if they have faded away?I've wondered this several times and was curious if anyone knows.

bearman · Post by **bearman** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:02 pm

where is my fax :twisted:

lol...........

Tiny

ken · Post by **ken** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:22 pm

I know Ben Lilly hung around the silver city area here in NM. I believe the museum has info on the man/legend.. next time Iam down there ill ask the curator if they know!

bency · Post by **bency** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:17 pm

Whatever happened to the line of dogs he was hunting?

Josh Kunde · Post by **Josh Kunde** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:37 pm

wasnt he running just a bunch of mixed hounds some airedales and some bird dogs?

bency · Post by **bency** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:48 pm

not from the photos i have seen, they look like blueticks and walkers.

Josh Kunde · Post by **Josh Kunde** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:02 am

ya I saw that photo too, and only one actually looked like a pure bred hound, the other looked like crosses, that one in front deffiently looks like a bluetick though, I have been huntin all over the net to see if I could find where I read he ran airdales and bird dogs but I can find it......

ryan goodwin · Post by **ryan goodwin** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:01 am

go to ben lilly.com its pretty interesting

Josh Kunde · Post by **Josh Kunde** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:09 am

I couldnt find the website. but the Americanhoundsmen.com that buckshot set up has some good sutff on him too.
Josh

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