In
December 2002, Albert wrote:
Most of my serious duck hunting for the last 10 years has been at the
Currituck Sound with a third generation guide by the name of Grover
Cleveland Sawyer III. He has a “legacy blind” that has been
passed down from father to son with no actual ownership of the involved
land. Landowners have had their influence and he will not be able to
move the ownership to his now 4-year-old daughter. The largest landowner
in the county controls impoundments all over the territory, the closest
being some 800 yards from the blind. Every morning, some 20,000 pintails,
greenwing teal and Canada geese pour into that area. Conditions have
to be right to kill ducks, but the show is always there. Waterfowl will
pour in and out of that 30-acre impoundment and another some 2,000 yards
away. It is worth the price of admission to hear Mr. Sawyer mouth call
geese and swan. A guaranteed swan hunt will start at 10 or 11 and be
over by 3. Shooting
conditions are rarely ideal and the boat ride over is not for the faint
of heart – this is a trip for serious shotgunners who are physically
fit.