William Benjamin McClellen Poust

Gr-gr-grandfather is under the letter 'H' in "The Hunters" title, behind the gentleman holding the bear.

Can't condone bear hunting then or now... Sorry.

People hunted back in the day, yes maybe for sport (which I also don't condone) but sometimes out of necessity because they were hungry and had to eat ~ it was either find food or starve.

Only if they were hunting it for food

Those dogs are f*****. You can't go bear hunting with that small a pack, no matter how many guns you have.

Beautiful Picture

Also bears were sometimes problematic to farmers and ranchers,killing the livestock.

I don't condone sport hunting either but eating what you hunt legally is different to me

I hate photos like these.

yeh poor dogs... poor bears... anyway that was then, this is now... we live and learn. Ig uess.

I looks like one of those paid for hunting parties. (See the guys in suits) Too kill a poor bear.

wearing ties..?

Some of these men have suits and ties on..was this a spur of the moment hunting trip?

Back then, most hunting was done for food. That's what they did. Or in case of a bear, it could have been killing livestock.??? I wouldn't have been a good provider for my family, as I don't like hunting, etc. Guess I would have been raising chickens & eggs & planting a lg. garden & canning. It was the time. 1926. Life was hard for them.

Unpleasant photo. Don't want to see stuff like this.

What a handsome bunch of men. Check out the car.

Hope the bear got away! ☺

They didn't dress like hunters today!

Different times, other mentalities. But still today people are hunting precious wild animals everywhere and every single day! Wild lions and elephants are being killed by professional hunters with rifles in Africa. We just won't learn to RESPECT nature!

Belle photo qui en dit long

My great grand parents came from Lycoming County. I wonder if my great grandfather is in this pic. We are related to the McClellen's.

The bear in the picture looks quite small!

Given that this was in 1926 I really don't feel that they did anything out of the normal.

quelle horreur respectons la nature c'est notre santé

They sure aren't in hunting attire...

Pretty soon all our wonderful animals are going to be extinct. How sad is this 😒

DO NOT LIKE!!!

The desire to shoot at birds is why we got stuck with starlings. Rich folks drive the market for illegal goods today. And the chinese kill several animals for the sake of fertility. Cool page though. I have a picture of a deceased child that the coroner took by standing her up and tying her to a stand. Creepy but I have seen a few.

Rabbits, they were a scurge, the county paid 2pence a head or something. And you could eat them, Just saw the bear, god knows , we don't have bears here, the times...

Hunting bear still IS. And good eating too!

That's cruel and barbaric !

They still hunt bear in our area. It's necessary

Animals hunted for their trophies meet a far better end than domestic stock that are herded into pens, transported to abattoirs and then killed surrounded by the sight, sound and smell of death.
Wild animals are hunted in their natural habitat and, in 95% of cases, are killed instantly with one shot without even knowing that the hunter is anywhere near them.
EVERY INCH OF THE ANIMAL IS UTILIZED! The skin and horns go to the trophy hunter, and the meat is used to feed local communities as well as sold commercially.
Trophy hunting creates thousands of jobs and therefore supports thousands of families. Most African trophy hunting operations employ around 20 people as well as feed children at a local village school with venison from the trophy hunt – without hunters these children would not have regular access to protein.
If it were not for trophy hunters wild animals in most parts would have little value for the locals and would be killed indiscriminately as they complete with livestock (cattle, sheep and goats) for grazing and water, as well as with human beings for agricultural land and urban development.
Have you ever considered that domestic stock are the most utilized animals on earth, and yet no-one ever considers that they might become extinct? The reason is that human beings are dependent on them as an essential part of the food chain. Through trophy hunting our wild animals are given a value which makes them absolutely essential for the livelihood of farmers and communities. They will therefore be managed correctly in order to ensure their survival.