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Old Currituck

Record #:
4121
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Abstract:
Plentiful game birds on Currituck Sound from the 1870s to the 1910s attracted many market hunters. These were hunters who were able to shoot without limit waterfowl which were then sold to markets and restaurants. Perhaps millions of birds were killed. Intervention by the federal government, with laws including the Weeks McLean Law (1913), brought unrestricted market hunting to an end in 1918.
Source:
Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Spring 1999, p6-13, il