I don't have the thing written in front of me anymore, so I'm going to paraphrase it as best I can remember...


"And so we find the lot of the duck hunter is not a happy one. He is a child of frustration, a victim of misfortune and a collector of mishap; he suffers from cold and wet and lack of sleep and he is punished far more often than rewarded. Yet, he continues. Why?"

Ted Trueblood, This Mania Called Duck Hunting