It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a downed duck that arrives hot and there’s not enough time to avoid getting smoked in the face as it falls from the sky.
Some things are just meant to be and that’s the category this unfortunate duck hunter found himself in during a recent hunt. He was supposed to get smoked in the face by the downed duck and there wasn’t much he could do about it.
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Duck hunting with members of the ACCL Nord, Association of Coastal Hunters of the North Coast, on the mudflat of the Oye flat. Hunters use decoys. (Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
A duck falling in the face is always a risk when working the camera during a hunt, but it doesn’t happen often. Fortunately, other cameras were rolling at the time the photographer took the duck’s face.
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Waterfowl Unlimited Outfitters shared the footage with Outdoor Channel TV on Instagram and called it a “ONE IN A MILLION SHOT!!!!”
This one in a million photo was taken in North Dakota, according to Whiskey Riff. And yes, I also call it a one in a million photo. I’m not going to argue with that or try to understand the real math.
Mallard duck flying over the lake. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
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I know if it’s over a million or less, it’s not a blow many would like to take in the face. That’s enough for me. It looks like a sack of potatoes hit him right in the mouth.
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I’m sure he was sore the next day, but all things considered, this duck hunter was lucky the downed bird didn’t cause serious damage.
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A duck hunter sits in a reed blind and attracts ducks. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
An extended version of the clip shows that, from several different angles, aside from needing a few moments to compose himself and perhaps spit out a few feathers, he looked in good shape.
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He’ll live to hunt another day and hopefully avoid taking another duck in the face when he’s tasked with manning the camera.
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