. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. By Ann Green • Photos by Michael Halminski w W W hile standing in a rain-soaked yard in the rural community of machete on a tree. When I get in deep, I build a fire if it is ; Alligator in Tyrrell County, Ray Sykes springs open a rusted trap used by his When hunting deer, Sykes goes with friends and neighbors to the Big dad to capture raccoons. Buck Hunting Club that leases property on the Palmetto Peartree Reserve "My dad and I would trap 'coons and whatnots," says Sykes. "During
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. By Ann Green • Photos by Michael Halminski w W W hile standing in a rain-soaked yard in the rural community of machete on a tree. When I get in deep, I build a fire if it is ; Alligator in Tyrrell County, Ray Sykes springs open a rusted trap used by his When hunting deer, Sykes goes with friends and neighbors to the Big dad to capture raccoons. Buck Hunting Club that leases property on the Palmetto Peartree Reserve "My dad and I would trap 'coons and whatnots," says Sykes. "During from the Conservation Fund, the season, we would trap every day. My old man, daddy could hunt, trap Holding up a steel hunter flag that alerts others when deer hunting, and kill 'em. He did not use bait. He just hunted them. Back in the old days, Sykes says that some members also run fox. "We have hunt masters who you'd get three 'coons on a good day. It was best when it was dark, and the have lived and trapped on the land before and tell newcomers what to expect about water levels and other things," he adds. One of the hunt masters is Chatman Bryant of Goat Neck. "As an old hunter, I love to hear dogs run and bay," says Bryant. Bryant also likes to show off a handgun that he uses to kill bear. "I killed many a bear with this gun," says Bryant, who is retired from the Department of Transportation. "I do bear hunting off at Buffalo. When hunting bear, you get them in the corn field at ; STRONG FISHING TRADITION Because of Alligator's proximity to the Alligator River and Albemarle Sound, the tiny community has a rich fishing culture. In the winter, people would set gill nets in the "little Alligator" — where the mouth of the Alligator River, Alligator Creek and Albemarle Sound join together — when herring were running, says Alligator native Syble Knotts. "People would catch herring and then salt them up and c
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