The Way of the WASP: Duck Shooting on the Connecticut Shore
All Black and White Photos by my Father.
I have many of father’s photographs hanging on our walls. This one, above, is of Bill Fullerton, a great friend of my grandfather.
For decades they would go duck shooting together on Long Island Sound. They carved all of their own decoys, many of which I still have. My grandfather and Bill would leave before dawn, usually rowing out in the icy water to the rocky islands. (My grandfather taught my father the proper way to row, feathering the oars, and all were fanatical about getting it right.) They would set the decoys by lantern, mindful to avoid the tangling of lines.
