Every duck hunter loves when they don’t have to travel too far to retrieve their downed bird. That being said… this video below shows that it’s not ideal to have a duck come down right on top of your blind.
Across the country, many hunters are preparing for opening day of waterfowl season. Some states like Alaska and Wisconsin have their seasons come in during September, and some others have their opening days in October. But a lot of states in the south, like Tennessee, have late November circled on the calendar for the start of duck season.
Waterfowl Unlimited Outfitters, who shared this video alongside Outdoor Channel TV, seems to be based out of Tennessee and Arkansas. But the video itself was captured in North Dakota, where the season came in all the way back in late September.
A couple of weeks ago, they shared some incredible footage of a duck-hunt-gone-wrong. Some waterfowl hunting enthusiasts had successfully called some birds towards their blind, and when they got close enough, they opened fire. One person was in charge of getting it all on camera, and boy, oh boy, did he get one of the fallen ducks on camera alright:
“ONE IN A MILLION SHOT!”
That’s gonna hurt in the morning… but at least the hunters don’t have to work very hard to retrieve that particular dive-bombing mallard, eh?
Poor guy was sitting there pulling feathers out of his mouth and grabbing his chest, all while his hunting buddies laughed their you-know-whats off asking him if he was okay (their inquires sounded really sincere). It’s one of those things that can easily happen during duck hunting, but you just don’t think about it.
And if you were like me watching that video above… you’re probably wondering how the shot from the camera he was using turned out.
Here’s another look at how it went down from three different cameras: a nearby 360-degree camera, the in-blind camera, and the camera the hunter was actively shooting footage out of.
“ONE IN A MILLION SHOT captured simultaneously by three different cameras.”
Crazy that it happened at all, but even crazier that the duck hunters had three different point of views on the impact.
People that stumbled upon this unbelievable footage have had plenty of funny comments and observations to share below the posts that have been shared by Waterfowl Unlimited Outfitters:
“That adds a whole new meaning to wildlife photography.”
“Looks like it missed the lens at least.”
“That duck was like, ‘I’m taking you with me.'”
“How about that delivery?”
“Some lucky ducks right there.”
Pretty bold to call them “lucky ducks,” at least in my opinion. That guy got absolutely pelted by that duck, and based on the footage captured in the aftermath, he looked to be in some pain (not this his hunting buddies seemed to care).
And as unusual as this may be, it sure isn’t the first time… watch this dude get knocked out cold when a downed goose came screaming into the blind like a mortar:
