Photo Stories from the American South

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Mountain Rest Hillbilly Day

Wearing white tail deer pelts and Liberty brand overalls, with a coon bag, tobacco pouch, shine jug, and a .45 caliber Kentucky rifle — Justin Arnold won best dressed adult male at Hillbilly Day on Saturday. “It’s fully functional,” he says about the firearm, “I’ve harvested rabbits and squirrels with it — and a couple deer. It’s a good gun.”

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