Duck Hunting & Waterfowl Hats

Waterfowlers sit in flooded timber and frozen marshes before dawn, and they have a vocabulary to match. Ducks Unlimited's lingo guide defines the terms this collection borrows: cupped up and feet down mean birds about to land in the decoys, finish is convincing them to fully commit, and a bluebird day is warm, sunny weather that typically is not good for waterfowl hunting. A pretty morning is the bad one, which is the whole joke of BLUEBIRD DAY IS A BAD DAY. The set opens with two badges, DUCK HUNTER and WATERFOWLER, then the lines the tribe actually says: CUPPED AND COMMITTED, FEET DOWN FINGERS CROSSED, SKY CARP HUNTER, and DUCKED UP, a pun already sold on tees. IF IT FLIES IT DIES is the old slogan that, as one hunter forum thread recalls, was printed on tee shirts for decades. Duck hunters also carry a federal duck stamp, which costs $25 and has raised over $1.2 billion since 1934, so these are people who pay to be cold and wet. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. A good gift for the hunter who is already checking the forecast for the next north wind.