Check this out. The Hack Smithdeal mentioned in the story shot Roy Faircloth (big car dealership) in the early fifties in Johnson City. Was acquitted on self defense.
There is a book, written by his daughter and she mentions a good deal about bear hunts that her daddy would lead. There's a picture of Roy Acuff eating a can of pork and beans and, iirc, one of about 8 bears they got.
Check this out:
http://www.coondawgs.com/