The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-10-24
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MANY HUNTING
TALES FOLLOW
DEER SEASON
Preachers Are Experts and
Boys of Ten Succeed
Where Veterans Fail

There are many true stories of
this seasons deer hunts in Hyde,
Dare and Beaufort Counties, where
more sportsmen have come to hunt
than ever before. Some of the tales
are fantastic, but none-the-less
true.
In Beaufort County, a ten year
old boy shot and killed a big buck,
where his father failed to shoot
because of the distance. And in
the same vicinity, two Disciples
preachers, one for the first time at
least, got buck apiece.
And there is the tale of the
hunting party from Winsteadville
who started out on the opening
day, fully prepared, even haul
ing tractor by barge along
the inland waterway, where they
expected to unload it and use it
1t went to the bottom of the canal,
to travel over the wild morasses.
carrying guns, shells, tractor and
all.
Dixon (Jerry) Cox, Jr., of
Beechridge road near Leechville,
ten years old, shot the 125-lb. buck
with a 40 gauge gun. George
Downey, Belhaven minister of the
First Christian Church, killed his
90-lb. buck in the same vicinity.
]. E. Alligood, minister at Pioneer,
also killed larger deer. Harold
White, because of the rain had
left the scene ten minutes before;
but the preacher, undaunted by the
weather, remained and succeeded.
Carl Kinion of Winsteadville,
who with a party of friends, load
ed guns, food, ammunition, tent
and tractor on barge and went
up the inland waterway, prepared
for any situation they thought and
equipped to go where hunters had
not been before, didn't get a
chance to hunt at all. Their barge
upset, and severything went to the
bottom of the canal. Full recovery
of everything had not been made
by Wednesday,.
In Dare County, full 25 hunters
were posed, waiting for deer We'd
nesday morning this week on the
stretch of road between Stumpy
Point and Callahan's Swamp, with
like number in the East Lake vi
cinity.
Further reports on deer hunting
came from Aycock Brown, Dare
publicity man, as follows:
With no kills reported during
the first two days of the big-game
hunting season on the main
land of Dare, sportsmen were
having better luck during the past
week end and at least II bear and
Is deer were bagged according to
w. S. White, state wildlife pro-
tector who keeps a check on hunt
ers and hunting in this area.
Most of the hunting has been
on the 100000 or more acres of
woodlands and possessions acquir-
ed this year by the West Virginia
Pulp and Paper Company. Hunt
ing on the property is by permits
sion only, and to date William
Ernst, Jr., the company's manager
with headquarters in Manteo has
issued more than 500 permits.
Only requirement for a permit
to hunt on the property is for the
applicant to have in his possession
the proper license required by the
State Wildlife and Resources Com
mission and the promise that
every effort will be made to not
start any forest fires. The COM
pany permits cost ST. They may
be obtained at East Lake, in Manns
Harbor or Stumpy Point from
West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company employees or from the
managers office in Manteo, on
Roanoke Island.
Capt. Ken Ward, veteran sports
man guide of Manteo who has a
See HUNTING, Page Eight