Duck hunter working a camera gets smoked in the face by a downed bird: ‘one in a million shot’

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a downed duck coming in hot and there’s not enough time to avoid getting smoked in the face as it falls out of the sky.

Some things are just meant to be and that’s the category this unfortunate duck hunter found himself in during a recent hunt. He was meant to get smoked in the face by the downed duck and there wasn’t a whole lot he could do about it.

Duck hunting with members of the ACCL Nord, Association des Chasseurs Côtiers du Littoral Nord, on the platier d’Oye mudflat. Hunters use decoy birds. (Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

A falling duck to the face is always a risk when you’re working the camera during a hunt, but it doesn’t happen often. Thankfully, there were other cameras rolling at the time the photographer took the duck to the face.

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Waterfowl Unlimited Outfitters shared the footage along with Outdoor Channel TV on Instagram and called it a “ONE in a MILLION SHOT!!!!”

This one in a million shot was captured in North Dakota, according to Whiskey Riff. And yes, I’m calling it a one in a million shot too. I’m not going to argue with that or try to figure out the actual math.

Mallard duck flying over the lake. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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I know whether it’s over a million or under a million, it isn’t a shot many would enjoy taking to the face. That’s enough for me. It looks like a sack of potatoes hits him right in the mouth.

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I’m sure he was sore the next day, but all things considered, this duck hunter was lucky the downed bird didn’t do some serious damage.

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A duck hunter sits in a reed blind and lures ducks. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

An extended version of the clip shows that, along with several different angles, other than needing a few moments to collect himself and spit out maybe some feathers, he seemed to be in good shape.

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He’ll live to hunt another day and hopefully avoid taking another duck to the face when he’s tasked with manning the camera.