Day Before Yesterday

W. C. Tuttle's Day Before Yesterday turns duck hunting into a comic study of hope, bragging, and spectacular disappointment. Through a mock-epic monologue, a seasoned hunter recounts the long drives, costly trips, and endless promises of abundant birds that always seem to belong to yesterday, never today. Around him swarm the "Dukklubbers" and "Dukhunters," men whose grand claims outshine the thin reality of the marsh. The satire sharpens as the narrator exposes the world of claim agents, high shooters, and rival blinds, where ducks are disputed, stolen, or claimed without a shot fired. Even a hard-earned limit brings no triumph: the hunter must hide his birds from envious eyes, only to lose the best of them to a host's cat overnight. In the end, an exclusive club with strict rules and high expectations proves no different, arriving at the same old excuse. The story's joke is eternal—duck hunters keep chasing the legendary "day before yesterday" because optimism is part of the sport. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.