AFLUSH IN LAWS: In recent months, I’ve weathered some pretty s****y legal screwings. Admittedly, they weren’t biggies by any stretch, but they’ve surely shaken my sense of personal freedom to the inner core.
In short order, I have been warned that it is against the law to pick up whale vomit (ambergris) found on the beach, or to pick up surf clams without a license, or gather random feathers found resting on the deep woods floor, or to bring home shed deer antlers, or to even knit while fishing.
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