Sand County Almanac

“Not all sports have degenerated to the same extent as duck-hunting” (216).

Now I have never seen an episode of Duck Dynasty, but when I read this line in Sand County Almanac, this was the first image that flew into my mind. The passage discusses how gadgets used to enhance the hunting experience have actually degraded the American tradition of hunting. As I read this, I thought of the little that I know about Duck Dynasty and how it is a family that monopolized the duck call and now owns a million (if not billion) dollar enterprise on the manufacturing of this gadget. I think Leopold would probably be appalled by this show and by what has become of duck hunting in particular.