Cigar Daisey and Newman Merritt oral history transcript

Oral history interview with Cigar Daisey and Newman Merritt with Dave Hall as interviewer. There are two other gentleman present. They are not identified, other than the fact that one of them is referred to as “Pete”. They are from North Carolina. Cigar is joined during his interview with Dave Hall by his old friend Newman Merritt. They talk about old times and how they tried to continue hunting and trapping because it was always their way of life, but there was a double standard- hunting and trapping game to sell was against the law, but sport hunting was not. They detail run-ins with Refuge Law Enforcement during these days. Names: Cigar Daisey and Newman Merritt Keywords: History, Biography, Aquatic birds, Birds, Boats, Coastal environments, Commercial fishing, Crustaceans, Fishes, Fishing, Game wardens, Human impacts, Hunting, Indigenous populations, Islands, Law enforcement, Overfishing, Places (Human-made), Shorebirds, Waterfowl, Wetlands, Wildli