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ti <br />Letter to Mr. Moses Cary, Chairman <br />Page 2 <br />Morning and evening shifts approximate a.m. /p.m. <br />traffic rush hours. Motor noise muffles many shots. This <br />season now winding down roughest in several years. There are <br />several Deer Crossings on our land on both roads. The Eno <br />and 2 creeks attract deer and other wildlife, so is a <br />Poachers' Paradise, with Durham expansion westward and Orange <br />development rapidly shrinking Poachers' easy pickings <br />Territory. I have noted many Durham License Plates and con- <br />fronted several Durham Poachers on my land. <br />At 7:30 a.m. December 26th, Mrs. Barbour started up our <br />driveway to St. Mary's Road for the newspaper (5 -6 hundred <br />feet). ..She was greeted by.loud gunfire and returned home <br />to dial 911. Another loud shot while on the phone. Officer <br />came quickly but Poachers had vanished. We are both Navy <br />veterans of WWII. Must we be killed by lawless men in our <br />own front yard? <br />I appreciate the opportunity to comment and apologize for <br />any duplication of State /County laws. The State Regulation <br />Digest is confusing to me by format which defies rapid com- <br />prehension. May I propose for your consideration: <br />1. No bright lights on any game at any time. DIGEST, <br />pg 21, Richmond Co. <br />2. No hunting on or from any Public Road or Right of <br />Way of Public Road or Public Utility at any time. <br />3. No running or hunting deer with dogs at any time in <br />Orange. DIGEST, pg 26. Now none South of I -85. <br />4. No spotting, flushing, or driving deer with either <br />airplane or helicopter in Orange. <br />5. No hunting from flat boat or other floating device <br />on any stream in Orange. DIGEST, pg 45, Martin Co. <br />6. That you confer with other states (i.e. CT, GA, TN) <br />where Black Market Venison is problem and if <br />appropriate require restaurants in NC to certify <br />source of all venison sold or advertised in Menu. <br />( "Venison - in season" is on some menus I've seen.) <br />7. That you publish.and make available to all citizens <br />a plain English version of combined State /County <br />"Cans and Cants of Hunting, Fishing and Trapping <br />in Orange. <br />8. That you raise the fine for violators to not more <br />than $400. No Judge will use our limited jail space <br />for a Poacher when felons are being parolled for <br />lack of space. <br />