by W. C. Tuttle
In W. C. Tuttle’s comic outdoor sketch, an ever-hopeful duck hunter chases rumors of perfect shooting across California, only to arrive just after the legendary flights have passed. With mock-biblical wit and sharp sporting satire, the tale captures the rituals, exaggerations, and frustrations of commercial duck clubs and their faithful patrons. Part hunting yarn and part humorous confession, “Day Before Yesterday” celebrates the stubborn optimism of sportsmen who know they are being fooled—and keep returning anyway.
Transcribed from Field and Stream, November 1927 (Field and Stream Publishing Company).