Fii1I\v(hhI reporlcd that the Wildlife Resources Commission supports keeping Lukens 

 Island in Ihe gamelands program, but they have no funds for purchasing it at this time. 

 Representative Tyndall reporletl that the Weyerhaeu.ser Company is willing to negotiate the 

 sale ol Lukens Island to tlie Slate. Mike Corcoran, of the Wikllile Federation, voiced the 

 organizations support of the acquisition ol the island tor public hunting. The Committee 

 discussed issues regarding acquisition, including the costs involved and Ihe fact that the 

 State should have a plan for utilization and management of the property prior to 

 purchasing it. 



Mr. Fullwood indicated that legislation had been proposed in 1975 regarding roadside 

 hunting, but that it had failed. Ihe sixty-six local laws regulating roadside hunting result 

 in confusion to hunters, and the Wildlife Resources Commission sees the need for some 

 uniformity in the regulations. Ihe Committee discussed the concerns that may be fell by 

 the traveling public when they see people standing on the roadside with firearms, and the 

 Wildlife Federation expressed the need for hunters to police themselves in order to avoid a 

 total restriction based upon a negative perception by the public. 



Representative Hightower asked the Committee to consider the issue of hunting while 

 impaired. He pointed out the impaired boating law which is similar to the motor vehicle 

 law. and suggested that the Committee consider legislation which would prohibit the use of 

 llreamis by a person who is impaired. This raised the issue of full law enforcement status 

 for wildlife protectors, which was scheduled to be di.scussed at the next meeting of the 

 Committee. 



November 15, 1988 Meeting 



At its fifth and final meeting on November \5. 1988. the Committee reviewed and 

 adopted recommendations and draft legislation for its final report. Mr. Myron Cross of the 

 Onslow/Jacksonville Deer Club requested that the Committee consider the i.ssue of hunting 

 on Sunday. Mr. Cross was advised to take up the matter with legislators in his district who 

 might better as.sess the feasibility of introducing legislation in that regard. 



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