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| < 16ga. General Discussion ~ woodcock and snipe |
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Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:06 pm
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Joined: 29 Nov 2005
Posts: 295
Location: Jackson, Mississippi
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Wow! Great stuff wjJeffrey - I didn't know they had huntable populations in the UK. I should have gone looking for them when I was there. Anyway, I am very curious to see if I can find some in the upcoming season in South Miss and Louisiana. Shooting sportsman had a good article on it a few issues back. Also I have seen some woodcock on my farm in Ky when they are migrating, b/c I have a great bottomland along a creek where they stop on their way south. Any advice from some US woodcock/snipe hunters in the US?
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Sat Dec 03, 2011 3:59 am
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Joined: 04 Mar 2008
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Location: Lowcountry Ga.
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| Here in coastal Georgia I look for woodcock in switchcane thickets along river corridors and bottoms. I have also found them in blackberry bramble hells in the same areas. The dog did, not me. Gil |
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Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:09 am
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Joined: 30 Nov 2011
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Location: Minnesota
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Here in Minnesota, my cocker and I find them in seams where pine forests meet lowlands like alderbrush thickets that have wet to soggy floors. We also found them during the migration in an area that had been clear cut and grown back with popples to about 1 inch and 6-8 ft tall and had a grassy floor. Thick as thieves. Had a great time shooting them with my hammered 28.  |
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