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The Lancaster Ledger
Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina
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Kentucky hunter Wat Eckman has pursued hunting as a livelihood since 1831, killing 38 bears, 684 wolves, 3,847 coons, 900 foxes, 961 wild geese, 2,040 pheasants, 44 ground hogs, 80 wild cats, 14 polecats, 200 minks, and uncountable squirrels, quail, and other small game, realizing nearly $12,000 from game and skins.
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“Wat Eckman has followed hunting for a livelihood since the year 1831.—Since that period he says he has killed 38 bears, 684 wolves, 3,847 coons, 900 foxes, 961 wild geese, 2,040 pheasants, 44 ground hogs, 80 wild cats, 14 polecats, 200 minks, beside squirrel, quail, and other small game beyond his power to calculate. The sum he has realized from his game, skins, &c., falls but little short of twelve thousand dollars?”
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Kentucky
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Since 1831
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realized nearly twelve thousand dollars from game and skins
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Wat Eckman has followed hunting for a livelihood since 1831, killing 38 bears, 684 wolves, 3,847 coons, 900 foxes, 961 wild geese, 2,040 pheasants, 44 ground hogs, 80 wild cats, 14 polecats, 200 minks, besides squirrel, quail, and other small game beyond calculation.