The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-10-31
hicks AND GEESE WILL
FARE BADLY THURSDAY
Fverything Set for the Opening of Sports
mems Annual Warfare on the Migra-
tory Wild Fowl

From hundreds OF blinds
nj batteries in C~rrituck
c,nd and on its slh .es hun
l,ejs of hunters will open le-
r,I,eL warfare upon the wild
( c,,,c. brant and ducks that
~ already making their win
sr quarters in that great
ria,cr feeding ground Of mi
4 Ca;ory birds.
Tss shooting season for migratory
ys.er fowl is from Nov. ! to Feb.
bo, Nov. I this yeer falls on Wed
hesiay and Wednesday is a lay day,
= rest day, on which the shooting
| :. the birds is prohibited.
rs going TO be a great season,
s,y al the sportsmen and gunners
r5o saow the signs. The air is al
rsIy thick with geese and brant and
he common breeds Of ducks, Those
.r.tocrats, the caCyasbacks refuse
% show up in considerable numbers
.aXl the excessive Northern cold
t,ires them South. Since the slaugh-
,e, Of game for commerce was
stopped by the treaty between the
Uzited States and Canada there has
:sea an abundance of the wild fowl.
No. only are the lives Of millions Of
,5e birds spared in winter on our
CE1 coast, but other millions are
r,o;seted during their breeding seas
o. in the Canadian wilds where they
spend their summers.
and then the birds got hne show
II Currituck last year on account OF
.5s heavy license fees charged By
he county. Currituck raises a 10;
Of revenue out Of the game hunters
aad stuck the license up high last
rear. a result was that hundreds
q spOrtsmen denied themselves the
sport because they didn't feel Ike
paying SO much as S25 for ! day S
shooting. This year licenses fer
have been reduced. y
may purchase a license
for two days shooting for SIS and
psy So for additional days. Or he
can get q seasons license 10 shoot
anywhere for $75. Residents Of the
State. not residents Of Currituck,
car get q seasons license for s. plus
the clerks fee, as usual
Ticcr has been no change in the
S-g limit, Z hunter being permitted
70 take % ducks, s geese and S
traut in q dag and he may ship as
nary as so ducks, Ii, geese and 1G
brant out Of the State in a week. The
s4l9 Of ducks is not permitted and
o. would dig his teeth into the sue
cllcnt breast Of q Wild duck must
ether 60 get his own duck or have
{ daraed good sportsman friend who
vii remember him.
This prohibition of the sale Of
same hurts a lot of good shots IN
cr-r:tuck. The shores of Currituck
l-e lined with farmers who used to
mako a good living shooting ducks
;or market, and it hurts these boys
p see the easy money flying BY.
some Of the market hunters in Cur
fs1ca used TO consider $50 ducks 4
fair days Kill and there is at least
ole with q record Of 800 birds killed
:? himself in u single day.
Erery North CarOlinian. regard
.ess Of his sportsmansbip, should
make at least one pilgrimage TO the
CGrEtpck shooting grounds. A wedge
saa2cd army Of wild geese trailing
2eccsg 4 lCaden sky, the woOf, woof
o, ,ls.g wings beating the air, their
e:aSslcsS bouk, honk, bonk; swarms
q ualords and black ducks flying up
non the marshes; bluepeters rest
llg upon the placid waters; canvas
oacAz, rcd heads and riddles scurry-
1S thru the air at at rate Of speed
that would make an airplane look
44e loafcr; all of these are sights
sat sounds never to be forgotten;
is 4 great picture spread on Ma
.lfss own canvas by Natures own
e21d and no artist viii ever repro
Clce It; great symphony played on
Natures own instruments in Ma
@'e e> ywu setting, music that would
"oiev1d the genius Of n Wagner.
j crap With any love for Nature
VIII 5et ti5 moneys worth out Of
4 license TO shoot in Currituck, if
's Kills nothing more than a cor
-0-4,s