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Ben Lilly's guns

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:58 pm
by Travis Stirek
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.

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:02 pm
by bearman
where is my fax :twisted: lol...........

Tiny

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:22 pm
by ken
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!

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:17 pm
by bency
Whatever happened to the line of dogs he was hunting?

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:37 pm
by Josh Kunde
wasnt he running just a bunch of mixed hounds some airedales and some bird dogs?

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:48 pm
by bency
not from the photos i have seen, they look like blueticks and walkers.

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:02 am
by Josh Kunde
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......

Ben lilly

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:01 am
by ryan goodwin
go to ben lilly.com its pretty interesting

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 2:09 am
by Josh Kunde
I couldnt find the website. but the Americanhoundsmen.com that buckshot set up has some good sutff on him too.
Josh