Will Palmer (Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina) was age 69 when interviewed.
He had several years of primary school education and was a farmer.
Well, Turkey George Palmer was noted as a great hunter, bear hunter, killed lots of bear. So
me and him, we decided to go to his traps one day, and it got a big bear in the trap, and he'd
come off down to the open woods. He, so we was going to the trap, and we went to jump
across a little swampy drain and jumped right into the old bear's face. The bear was hung on
the laurel by the grabs. George raised up with his Winchester and fired, and he never touched
a hair on that bear. I said, "George, steady yourself agin a sapling there and kill him." So
George, he steadied hisself agin the sapling and cut down and just busted that bear's head
open. So we dressed, we dressed the bear and carried him in home.