Black Ducks Trick Preston in Morning Hunt
Preston stalks a pond for black ducks but fires on canvas decoys. He misses the birds while Miss Cuyler laughs from the underbrush, gun in hand, revealing a playful misdirection in a gray November morning.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1905
Page
3
Preston stalks a pond for black ducks but fires on canvas decoys. He misses the birds while Miss Cuyler laughs from the underbrush, gun in hand, revealing a playful misdirection in a gray November morning.
In a duck hunting scene Harrison Smith and a witty companion share a confession under pines at dawn. They joke about decoy mishaps and propose pooling their secrets to form a “community of interests” before returning to camp for breakfast.
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