Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photograph of several dead deer, all males with varying sized antlers, strung upside down on a sturdy wood frame.

The photograph was taken on the farm of Alfred Gochenour, located at Back and Fairview Roads, west of Woodstock.

Two unidentified men and a boy, all in hunting clothes and caps, are posed with their three hunting dogs in front of a wall of raccoon pelts displayed in rows.

Two unidentified men and a boy, all in hunting clothes and caps, are posed with their three hunting dogs in front of a wall of raccoon pelts displayed in rows.

Young unidentified man with a rifle is squatting beside the body of an 8-point deer lying dead and tied to the front fender of a vintage automobile.

The photograph was taken at night.

Photograph of George Ship holding a rifle and standing beside a buck that is dead and hanging upside down.

Photograph of three men with rifles standing by an open automobile trunk where a dead deer is visible.

Identified (l to r) are: Homer Sibert, ___ Sibert, and Sonny Sibert.

Sonny was Homer's son.

John Ryman, a successful trapper, photographed in the studio with his prize, a bobcat. His sweater, long coat and warm fur hat indicate winter trapping. Notice the trap on the animal's rear leg.

Photograph of Mildred Hottel, of Woodstock, holding an eagle and shotgun.

She killed the eagle with an H & R Shotgun. Hugh Morrison, Jr. sent a copy of this photograph to H & R for an advertisement, but the co-president, Edwin Harrington, sent…

Photograph of "Mr. and Mrs. James Moreland" standing beside the carcass of a deer, hung upside down. James Franklin Moreland (1914-1974) lived in Edinburg, and was the son of George and Sally (Clem) Moreland.

James had four wives, which is…

Unidentified man posed in the studio displaying the wingspan of his dead quarry, probably a hawk.

Portrait of Asa A. Sheetz kneeling behind his prize turkey and holding a rifle. His hand appears to be bandaged.

Photograph of Dorothy Sibert Clem Hunter as a toddler.

From Fishers Hill near Strasburg, her parents were Elmer Massie Sibert (1917-1974) and Cathryn W. (Bagnell) Sibert (1915-1980).

Unidentified man pictured outside a house wearing a jacket, boots, and hat. A rifle is in the crook of one arm and he is holding the leads for four dogs with the other.

This photograph is said to be of the last native white-tailed deer to be killed in Shenandoah County. All 6 men took credit. Photograph was taken at the livery stable behind Beidler's Furniture Store.

Photo of a photo of four unidentified men standing around a dead deer.

Photograph of two dead bucks hanging by their hind legs for gutting.

Photograph of Asa Allen Sheetz, taken from the side, showing a rifle slung over his shoulder that is carrying a dead turkey.

Photograph of Asa Allen Sheetz with a rifle and holding a dead game bird. Mr. Sheetz married Mary Elizabeth Dirting and was known locally as a Taxidermist, Orchardist, Inventor, and Farmer.

Unidentified man standing in the studio and holding the hind legs of a dead fox.

Photograph of James Moreland of Edinburg, Virginia, holding his rifle and standing beside a his recent kill, a deer.

Mr. Moreland was born in Shenandoah County, son of the late George and Sally (Clem) Moreland. He was a member of Front Royal Moose…

Unidentified hunting party displaying their quarry of a bear and pelts.

Photograph of an unidentified rabbit hunter.

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