County Board derails Black Powder Hunting, offers alternative
COURTLAND—Timmy Hunter has been hunting his family’s land in Southampton County for generations. For years, he’s dreamed of being able to hunt just like his great grandfather did, with black powder rifles. On Thursday, that dream was shattered, as the Southampton County board dismissed the black powder method as a form of legal hunting.
“We felt that the current options for hunting were more than enough for today’s hunter,” Board director Dick Johnson read in a statement Thursday night to disappointed hunters. “We have too much trouble right now with the white powder issues in our area, we don’t want to complicate matters more by bringing in a rival powder.”
Local hunter, Buck Wild felt that “Dis sum bullsheit. To hell wid’em. I’m gone do it anyway.”