And I have to say, I was not much impressed. This was clearly a high-end private duck club with guides doing all the calling and blind holding a dozen people, not to mention the camera crew and reporter. I'd guess the blind was the size of my house.
Highlights:
--Camera shots of the decoy rig, which featured a pair of winged decoys on a wire that twirled around in circles like a merry-go-round. Reminded me of my one attempt as a kid to fly one of those prop-driven planes on a string--although this rig worked better.
--Much discussion of the need to keep still and keep your face covered, followed by multiple camera shots of the guides working flying ducks while the "hunters" wandered around the blind with big shiny faces, occasionally asking, "Did we flare them?"
--One flight of decoyed ducks, at which every gun in the blind emptied the magazine. At the end of the segment three dead ducks were shown, presumably from this event.
The "news" in the interview appeared to be multiple ways for the reporter to ask whether Huckabee was ready to declare he was running for president, followed by various ways in which Huckabee said, "Not telling."
Why oh why does the press give any attention to this crap? I couldn't care less whether Huckabee or anyone else likes to hunt ducks, and if I stay up to watch the late night news, there just has to be something more newsworthy for ABC to spend my time on.
Highlights:
--Camera shots of the decoy rig, which featured a pair of winged decoys on a wire that twirled around in circles like a merry-go-round. Reminded me of my one attempt as a kid to fly one of those prop-driven planes on a string--although this rig worked better.
--Much discussion of the need to keep still and keep your face covered, followed by multiple camera shots of the guides working flying ducks while the "hunters" wandered around the blind with big shiny faces, occasionally asking, "Did we flare them?"
--One flight of decoyed ducks, at which every gun in the blind emptied the magazine. At the end of the segment three dead ducks were shown, presumably from this event.
The "news" in the interview appeared to be multiple ways for the reporter to ask whether Huckabee was ready to declare he was running for president, followed by various ways in which Huckabee said, "Not telling."
Why oh why does the press give any attention to this crap? I couldn't care less whether Huckabee or anyone else likes to hunt ducks, and if I stay up to watch the late night news, there just has to be something more newsworthy for ABC to spend my time on.
