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Book Duck Hunting on Currituck Sound

Download or read book Duck Hunting on Currituck Sound written by Travis Morris and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few areas in the country can compare to Currituck County when it comes to duck hunting. Since the late 1800s, hunters have traveled to the county for the abundunt wildfowl and outstanding hunting conditions, and for many gunners it has been the defintion of a sportsman's paradise. One such gunner is Travis Morris, whose family has lived in Currituck County for generations. For more than sixty years, Morris has plied the county's waters in search of mallards, widgeons, teal, coot and more, all the while amassing a wealth of knowledge on the history and tradition of duck hunting in the area.

Book Another Breed of Currituck Duck Hunters

Download or read book Another Breed of Currituck Duck Hunters written by Travis Morris and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People called Currituck County a sportsman's paradise back when the skies clouded over with ducks and the waters teemed with fish. The game is more elusive these days and the hunting methods more sophisticated, but native Travis Morris shows through these stories that the thrill of it all is just as intense. From a four-year-old boy on his first hunt with his grandfather to an eighty-two-year-old woman who still loves to shoot her supper, Morris highlights both the heart and humor of the sportsman. There's a three-strand cord that will forever bind Currituck gunners: passion for the hunt, love of the outdoors and respect for the dangers of open, shallow waters.

Book Untold Stories of Old Currituck Duck Clubs

Download or read book Untold Stories of Old Currituck Duck Clubs written by Travis Morris and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-16 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fourth installment of stories about the tradition of duck hunting on Currituck Sound, local resident Travis Morris delves into the history of the Currituck, Pine Island and Narrows Island private hunting clubs. These fascinating untold stories of the clubs weave together documents from old files with a variety of firsthand interviews and accounts. From stories of the clubs' prestigious members and guests--such as J.P. Morgan and William Vanderbilt--to tales from local guides of some of the old float box rigs, fans of Morris's Currituck books won't be disappointed by this latest volume, and first-time readers will find themselves transported out to the marshland, drifting along to the sound of duck calls.

Book Waterfowl Hunting on Currituck Sound

Download or read book Waterfowl Hunting on Currituck Sound written by Roy Mervin Saunders and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Currituck

    Book Details:
  • Author : Travis Morris
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2008-07-15
  • ISBN : 1625844700
  • Pages : 184 pages

Download or read book Currituck written by Travis Morris and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relive the days of Currituck, North Carolina when farming and hunting was what brought the world together. In this insider account, Currituck native Travis Morris takes readers into the blind and regales them with stories of powerful men and their guns in a bygone era when duck hunting clubs flourished and featured prominently in local politics, neighbors feuded over duck hunters' rights and interloping men of industry swept in to build lodges. Senators, governors and presidents came, and these are the untold stories of their hunts. From the duck hunting vacation that John F. Kennedy planned but never took to Kerr Scott's apple-flavored tobacco, Morris and friends expose the guileless and the guilty alike in this lighthearted collection.

Book Currituck Memories and Adventures

Download or read book Currituck Memories and Adventures written by Travis Morris and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currituck County, North Carolina, is famed as a place where hunters count down every hour until the opening of duck season. Land of the hunter, farmer and fisherman'all terms that have defined author Travis Morris Currituck is the well-loved home and stage to this latest collection of hunting and fishing exploits. Currituck native Travis Morris returns with a follow-up to the best-selling Duck Hunting on Currituck Sound with more tales of hunting, fishing and adventure. Complete with humorous stories of boyhood on the sound and a whole new collection of fishing and hunting expeditions, this book is a treasure. Whether or not one has ever watched a ?smoke of ducks? flying overhead in front of a cold January sunrise or pulled in enough catfish to nearly sink a boat, Morris's accounts of life on Currituck Sound are sure to delight.

Book Duck Hunting on Currituck Sound

Download or read book Duck Hunting on Currituck Sound written by Travis Morris and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few areas in the country can compare to Currituck County when it comes to duck hunting. Since the late 1800s, hunters have traveled to the county for the abundunt wildfowl and outstanding hunting conditions, and for many gunners it has been the defintion of a sportsman's paradise. One such gunner is Travis Morris, whose family has lived in Currituck County for generations. For more than sixty years, Morris has plied the county's waters in search of mallards, widgeons, teal, coot and more, all the while amassing a wealth of knowledge on the history and tradition of duck hunting in the area.

Book American Duck Shooting

Download or read book American Duck Shooting written by George Bird Grinnell and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tales of Duck and Goose Shooting

Download or read book Tales of Duck and Goose Shooting written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Gun Clubs and Decoys of Back Bay and Currituck Sound

Download or read book Gun Clubs and Decoys of Back Bay and Currituck Sound written by Archie Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1991-12-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ducks and Duck Shooting

Download or read book Ducks and Duck Shooting written by William Barber Haynes and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Swan Island  Flyway Stopover

Download or read book Swan Island Flyway Stopover written by Hortense Poyner Parkerson and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wild Fowl Decoys

Download or read book Wild Fowl Decoys written by Joel Barber and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History and collecting of American decoys. Includes chapters on Indian bird lures, history of duck hunting, European fowling methods, and the making of decoys.

Book HUNTSMAN IN THE SOUTH

    Book Details:
  • Author : ALEXANDER. HUNTER
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 9781033105733
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book HUNTSMAN IN THE SOUTH written by ALEXANDER. HUNTER and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Currituck  Ducks  Politics   Outlaw Gunners

Download or read book Currituck Ducks Politics Outlaw Gunners written by Travis Morris and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this insider account, Currituck native Travis Morris takes readers into the blind and regales them with stories of powerful men and their guns in a bygone era when duck hunting clubs flourished and featured prominently in local politics, neighbors feuded over duck hunters rights and interloping men of industry swept in to build lodges. Senators, governors and presidents came, and these are the untold stories of their hunts. From the duck hunting vacation that John F. Kennedy planned but never took to Kerr Scott's apple-flavored tobacco, Morris and friends expose the guileless and the guilty alike in this lighthearted

Book Gunnin  Birds

Download or read book Gunnin Birds written by Kroghie Andresen and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hand Crafted Boats of Old Currituck

Download or read book Hand Crafted Boats of Old Currituck written by Travis Morris and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before sleek factory boats dominated Currituck Sound, locals piloted these waters in hulls made by hand. Some still can be seen today--beautiful works of art designed for the utility of travel, fishing, hunting, scouting and touring. They figure prominently in recollections of a bygone sportsman's paradise, and native storyteller Travis Morris offers this engaging collection based on anecdotes, interviews and detailed craft descriptions. It's an insider's history of Currituck's boating heritage featuring the famed Whalehead Club, an accidental run-in with the Environmental Protection Agency and a harrowing U.S. Coast Guard rescue.