well i see its open season on ducks again.im game lets go hunting

A guy walks into a pet store and asks to buy a canary.

The proprietor replies...

"I'm fresh out...
but I do have a duck".

The customer insists on a canary...

until the shop owner informs him that a duck can be made
to sing like a canary if one files his beak just so.

"But be careful not to file too much off or the duck will drown
when he goes to take a drink of water".

The potential customer decides that this is complete billshut

but thanks the shop owner politely and leaves.

He goes into another pet shop and asks for a canary...
no luck.

"But"...
says the shop owner...

"I do have a duck and if you file the beak just so....
it can be made to sing just like a canary".

He goes on to explain that filing off too much beak will
jeopardize the bird's life....
due to the potential for drowning when he takes a drink.

The fellow finally decides that there is some merit to these
claims and buys the duck.

"Besides"....
he thinks to himself...

"ducks are much cheaper".

His next stop is a hardware store...
where he wanders into the file section
holding his recently purchased duck.

The owner wanders by and asks if he needs help.

The new duck owner sheepishly explains how he intends to
make his duck sing like a canary.

The hardware store owner knowingly picks up a file and
hands it to him.

"Here... a Nichols mark 2 bastard file.

But be careful not to file too much off...
or the poor beastie might drown".

The duck owner thanks the hardware store owner and
leaves for home.

A few weeks later...

the duck owner wanders into the hardware store.

Recognizing him...the store owner asks how he made out
with the duck.

The fellow looks down and sadly reports...

"ducks dead"

The hardware store owner shares his sorrow and asks...

"Filed off too much beak?".

To which the former duck owner replies...

"Nah...

he was dead when I took him out of the vice".

Poor duck