BRUNSWICK, Maine — A Maine duck hunter was rescued Wednesday after he went to retrieve the birds he shot and became stuck in deep mud, police said.

The Brunswick Police Department said 31-year-old Matthew Alexander of Topsham called 911 shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday to report that he was stuck in the mud off Wharton’s Point in Maquoit Bay and was unable to get himself out. He had been standing on the bank when he shot several ducks, but when he walked across the mud to retrieve them, he started sinking.

Topsham was “unable to move, and the more he struggled, the deeper he became,” police said. Officers responding to the scene found Topsham waist-deep in the mud.

A video shared by the police department shows two officers using the department’s Marine Patrol airboat to reach Topsham. Pol

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