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A Asweepmg Asweeping Asweepmg sweepmg sweeping gale half halt hurricane came cameout cameout cameout out accompaniedby of the northeast accompanied by a cold driving drivmg rainA rainA rain rainA A perfect day to kill ducks the thegUIde theguide theguide gUIde said He had overlooked the thefact thetact fact that it was a much more per perfeet perfeet fect feet day to kill men The wind windroared windroared windroared roared the ram whipped in m the thesmall thesmall thesmall small boat rolled and soon was haIt half haIttull halffull haltfull tull full of waterYou waterYou water waterYou dayfor You couldn couldnt t find a better day for ducks the guide gwde said Therewere There Therewere Therewere were ducks every everywhere everywhere every1 where but thetewas therewas there thete thereI was a lot more rain ran rainand ramand 6 I and wind wmd and bumpmg bumps bumping bump- bump bumpbay - - = s mg ing water In thesis the thebay t tbay bayWe bay B J JWe We finally reachedthe reachedthe reached rthe the blind blmd Ahead Aheadwas Aheadwas b ' was the job lob of get get- gettmg gets getting getting - - s ting tmg out the decoys decoysand decoysand , and the cane tor for the thecamouflage thecamouflage thecamouflage thecamouflageWe camouflage camouflageWe We get the sk skiffu skiffis skiff J JInto tSlS,2f-di tSlS,2f tSlS2f di . u , is isinto - , Into the blind blmd pOSIGrantland postGrantland posi post Grantland Rice Riceton Ricetlon RiceHon tlon Hon ( as another halftidal balltidal half ball halftidal tidal wave hits us and we rea1ly really rea1lyget reallyget reallyget get to work Part of the decoys are areswept areswept areswept swept overboard Part of o ( the cane canefor canefor canetor for the blinds blmds go with the decoysYour decoys decoysYour decoysYour Your correspondent would like to Ie ge Iewith gewith e : ewith with both and end it allIt allIt all allIt It stlUlsn still isn t quite qUlte daylight and the thestorm thestorm thestorm storm is picking plckmg up speed and hit hittmg hitting hitting tmg ting power It is also getting gettmg cold colder colder colder er and colder wetter and wetter wetterrougher wetterrougher wetterrougher rougher and rougher tougher and andtougher andtougher andtougher andtougherEveryone tougher tougherEveryone Everyone is soaked and freezmg freezing freezmgBut freezingBut freezingBut But everyone is happy except your yourcorrespondent yourcorrespondent yourcorrespondent correspondent who has suddenly de decided detided decided cided tided he has no host hostile e feelmg feeling feelmgagamst feelingagainst feelingagainst agamst against any duck In fact he lIkes lIkesducks likesducks likesducks ducks But it is too late now We Weare Weare Weare are out in m the middle of a vIrtual vIrtualtidal virtualtidal virtualtidal tidal wave to mow them downWhere down downWhere Where Real Fun Begins Begms BeginsNow BeginsNow Now we are all aU set in the blmd blind blmdwith blindwith blindwith with a sand bar close at handHere handHere hand handHere Here come the ducks-teal ducks teal ducks - teal red redhead redhead redhead head mallard maUard widgeon wldgeon spngtl sprigtail spngtlblack sprigtailblack spngtailblack , ! black duck canvas back back , , dough doughgrey doughgrey doughgrey grey every known form of the duck duckbreed duckbreed duckbreed breed A big part of this dIsplay dIsplaywas displaywas displaywas was due to Ducks Unlimited a afine atine afine fine tine sporting sportmg orgamzahonAnd organizationAnd organization orgamzahon organizationAnd And there v . were ere DUCKS UNLIM UNLIMITED UNLIMITED UNLIMITED UNLIMITEDThe ITED ITEDThe The ducks were doing domg all right rightBut rightBut rightBut But I kept thinking tlunklng why should man manbe manbe manbe be subjected sublected to this pUnishment pUnishmentHere punishmentHere punishmentHere Here they come our guide gmde saidGet saidGet said saidGet Get low-get low get low - get lowWe lowWe low lowWe We got low At this moment an another another another other swirl of wind wmd and ram rain over overturned overturned overturned turned our boat boatMind boatMmd boatMmd Mind Mmd you it was bitter cold and andmuch andmuch andmuch much colder as our clothing clothmg be became became became came drenchedWe drenchedWe drenched drenchedWe We missed that raft cap but butthey butthey butthey they U n ll be back Workm over to toanother toanother toanother another bay But they 11 ll be back backjust backjust backjust just a as soon as we get straIghtened straightenedout out agam-set agam set again-set again again - set you know said our ouramIable ouramiable ouramiable amIable guide guideI I turned to a fellow named Stout StoutSteve StoutSteve StoutSteve Steve Owen coach of the New York YorkGiants YorkGiants YorkGiants Giants who was in the next boat boatI I could see that Owen s 280 pounds poundswere poundswere poundswere were m in agony He was taking takmg an aneven aneven aneven even worse beating beatmg for he was a amuch amuch amuch much bigger targetBrmg targetBring target targetBring Bring Brmg me the Bears and the Red Redsk.ms Redskins Redskins sk.ms skms skins . he growled Bring meBaugh me meBaugh meBaugh Baugh and LuckmanAt LuckmanAt Luckman LuckmanAt At this spot a rush rnsh rash of water swept sweptOwen sweptOwen sweptOwen Owen out of siffht sight And tbIs tits ( bis is true trueIII true1 trueI III I U ll admit at that time I wasn t in- in - interested interested In Interested - terested m what happened to Owen OwenI I 1 was only interested In a fellow fellownamed fellownamed fellownamed named RiceI RiceWe Rice I | We got on a mud bar or a sandI sandbar sandbar sand I | bar again and it took us 50 minutes minutesto to get away , , losing losmg a paddle and a afew afew afew few more decoysSuddenly decoysSuddenly decoys decoysSuddenly Suddenly someone fired a gun and anda a teal blew out to sea He was deadand deadand dead deadand -and and - and he was luckyWe luckyWe lucky luckyWe We got set again agam with thousands thousandsof of duck swarming swarmmg m in mWe inWe mWe We were ready tor for the big klllmg killing killingBut killingBut But once again agam another half halfhurricane hurr hurrl hurrlcane ! cane struck us with another rush of ofwater ofwater . water and once again agam the boat went wentunderand wentunderand wentunder under-and under and - and so did weBy weBy we weBy By this time the wind had reached reacheda a velocity of 50 miles mUes &n n an & hour and andthe andthe andthe the rain was a young deluge deloge Un Under Under Undcr der these conditions yon rOD you couldn conldn thit t thit thit hit an elephant at 5 pacesHad pacesHad paces pacesHad Had the teals and mallards and andredheads andredheads andredheads redheads and widgeons been smart smartthey smartthey , they could have murdered us For Forwe Forwe ; we were whIppedSoakIng whippedSoaking whipped whippedSoaking Soaking wet battered and beaten beatenhaIt beatenhalf beatenhalf haIt half drowned aching achmg and cursingwe Lursmg cursing Lursmgwe mrsingwe we only wanted to find Red Leath Leatherbury Leatherbury , erbury s pouseboat houseboat , , , with Pat Moul Moulton Moulton Moulton ton my favorite director eadlng leading leadingthe ] leadingthe eadlngthe the wayThe wayThe way wayThe The ducks were not smart smart-we smart we smartwewere smartwewere - wewere were not smart-but smart but smart - but who is m In tlus this tluscockeyed thiscockeyed thiscockeyed cockeyed cockeyedorld \\orld orld world \ world7 world7CobVs ? ? 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