ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, HE AND THREE OTHER MEN, WENT DUCK HUNTING IN THE PAMLICO SOUND NEAR EAST BLUFF BAY.  THEY WERE SET UP IN A BOAT BLIND JUST OFF FROM THE BANK.  WHILE HUNTING, operator OBSERVED WATER COMING IN THE BOAT DUE TO ROUGH CONDITIONS.  HE TURNED ON THE BILGE PUMP AND CONTINUED HUNTING.  AFTER SHOOTING DOWN A BIRD, Operator AND HIS FRIENDS PULLED UP ANCHOR AND MOTORED OUT TO RETRIEVE THE DUCK.  AFTER RETRIEVING THE DUCK, Operator TOOK ON SOME MORE WATER.  AT THIS TIME HE REALIZED THAT HIS BILGE PUMP WAS NOT WORKING AND THAT HE WAS IN TROUBLE.  Operator RAN HIS BOAT AGROUND ON THE POINT.  HIS STERN WAS UNDER WATER AND HIS BOW WAS UP ON THE MARSH.  Operator CONTACTED 911 AND MARINE PATROL OFFICER PICKED THE FOUR OF THEM UP.  Operator THEN CONTACTED SEA TOW WHICH REMOVED THE VESSEL THE NEXT DAY.  WHILE ANCHORED OVERNIGHT, HEAVY WINDS AND SEAS LIFTED THE VESSEL AND WASHED IT BACK INTO THE MARSH SEVERAL FEET.  THE USE OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS WERE NOT DETECTED IN THIS CASE AND NO VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND.
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