For years I have challenged anyone to show me a single location in the feud area where a man could have had a farm located where an assassin could not get within fifty yards of him as he went about his daily chores. No one has done so, but many still contend that those mountain hunters were out to kill each other for a generation.
I have personally hunted over most of the area between the homes of Ran’l McCoy and Devil Anse Hatfield, so I know whereof I speak.
The feud yarn is a crock, and the map proves it.
This story can be read in my book, “Lies, Damned Lies, and Feud Tales.” https://tinyurl.com/ycqlg3oy