The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-31
BAD DAYSFOR
FOWL COMING
Season on Wild Ducks and
Geese Opens Saturday; A
Lay Day in Currituck
By ID. v. NiEEKINS

With leap year cheating the
hunters and throwing the
opening day Of the wildfowl
season OH 4 lay day, hundreds
OF sportsnen must wait until
Monday, November ). for the
first shot at the ducks and
geese that fly to North Caro-
lima by the millions. But on
Monday the warfare will begin.
and from hundreds of blinds
and batteries in Currituck,
Dare, Hyde. and other coun-
ties, shot will fly thick and fast
from Monday until January 81.
Predictions of nm early and cold
winter promises an early and heavy
migration OF ducks and geese. NIL
lions Of birds will be coming south
early, looking for warmer days. and
something to feed upon. The grass
that has thrivrd upon the fresh
water In the sounds and est,iaries
Of eastern North Carolina will offer
inviting stopping places, and here
the hungry. haplPss. feathered trib-
rs In search Of food will meet with
great casualties. and disorder. Men
who cail themselves sl'OrtsmeiL VIII
drop their work In every corner of
the eastern United States and flock
to North carOlinn. t0 pour deadly
shot into InSlisl4cting creatures.
harmless nmd intent on appeaSiDg
their hunger and finding comfort,
and refuge from the hiiln. winter
Of the northland.
In the great pursuit Of bird life.
hundreds Of strangers coming south
tO swell the ranks Of veteran sports
men. will src North Carolina for
the first time. Many of these men
will bc IN position Ia help Sorth
rarolina ptou To help Themselves.
Their money or their IDEAS will adj
vance the people In prosperity, aud
perhaps they max discover hitEcr-
io unsmspccied opportunities for
Their temporary pres
rIirr in eastern SOrth Carolina will
insure employment during the win.
ter season for mnny native guides
and hunters. and the support Vt
hundreds or people.
Great Source of Revenue
Not only this. but the license fees
they pay into the county TREASURES.
will 90 u long way toward schooling
hundreds of children In dozens Of
schools in these counties. SO thus
the birds come south, and In losing
their life Ia make excitement for
the rf"i" eastern spOrismcn. they
support families, educate children.
build homes anl are the fOreruRners
of progress that was once never m.
ticiImird.
The most of these hunters will 20
into curriiuCk, which is the most
accessible uf the counties where
wildfowl rongrcgatc. Here the lie.
cnSc IL ST to nonresident sports.
men. In Dare and Hyde. where
sportSmcm come in ever increasing
as Currituck becomes more
heavily visited, the license H. only
$1,000 tD NONRESIDENT Eportsmen,
tho these counties are more inac-
cpSsihlp. One Of the greatest lDcali.
ties for wildf0wI is in the Back Ba,
section of Currituck. and lowe
Princess Anne County, Va. tt
Norfolk Southern railroad. opera
ing u special train ~ Munden Poi.
In the Back Bay section. anUOunc,
u change of schedule H. take plac
Sunday for the accommodation O
spOrtsmcn as follows:
Train 81. Sunday only. leave.
M ~ 30 u. M. arriving at
Back Bay II 30 u. M, Munden,
12:2O y. M: train ~. daily except
leaves Norfolk. 3:35 y. ~.
Bnck Bay. ~ p. H.. MIN.
den y y. ~.
Train 22, except Sunday, leaves
Murlcn Z u. H., Back Bay, 7:lj.
arrives Norfolk. 500: train -. cY-
'rpt Sunday. leaves Munden. r. 30
p. H., Rack Bay. 12:O. arrives Nor.
folk, 2:IO: train ~. Sunday only.
leaves Munlen. y u. NJ. Back Bay,
. 10. arrive Norfolk 10 30.
Politics Delay Sport.
There Is n possibility that the In.
fluX Of hunters this fall will be