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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ What Was That Doing Here? |
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Tue Nov 12, 2019 11:00 pm
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Joined: 08 Feb 2009
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Location: Western WA
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We have various and sundry beasts and fowl here in Western WA but nary a sight nor mention of woodcock. Not even listed in the hunting regs. Yet the other day I flushed one at my feet out of the brush along a tiny creek. Did any of you Midwesterners scare one out this way?
And no, I didn't take a crack at it. I was looking for a golf ball.
V/R
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Thu Nov 14, 2019 9:36 am
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Joined: 13 Apr 2015
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Brewster, you sure it was not a snipe. They tend to hang out in similar terrain. |
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Thu Nov 14, 2019 2:50 pm
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Joined: 26 Apr 2016
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Location: Vermont
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Interesting! So while in Montana couple weeks ago now we passed by some great looking woodcock cover. no one knew what a woodcock even looked like there. Except for a guy from Wisconsin that hunts them and said while brook trout fishing some of the trickles there in the summer he has seen them. I know its left of their range but he knows what a woodcock looks like. |
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Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:11 pm
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Joined: 04 Mar 2019
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Location: Central ND
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I guess nobody told the woodcock he wasn't supposed to be there!! |
_________________ Mark...You are entitled to your own opinion. You aren't entitled to your own facts. |
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Thu Nov 14, 2019 9:20 pm
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Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 203
Location: Southern California
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...Fish have tails, birds got wings..
Thirty years ago my pal killed a Black Brant at Edwards AFB, smack in the middle of Mojave Desert opening day of duck. Others I know have taken OldSquaw and Barrows Goldeneye at Salton Sea,CA I've seen Harlequin and Oldsquaw in Marina del Rey, and there was a couple months ago a Yellow Crowned Night Heron , a LA and TX breed, here our bait dock.
We'll catch Snowy Grouper, Threadfin Bass and Popeye Catalufa, all equatorial and below species, here in the often cold So Cal water
I think it's cool to see creatures outside their normal range..Just think, " How many others on that course maybe saw that bird and never noticed it, much less knew what it was and that it "didn't belong" there?" |
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Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:21 am
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Joined: 04 Mar 2008
Posts: 1943
Location: Lowcountry Ga.
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I would bet on it being a snipe, too, but for the fact that folks reporting a few years ago seeing a European woodcock at a local gun club somewhere in the US; I believe it was the NE. Rick, I believe you misquoted WC Fields in your first sentence. The correct quote is " Fish swim; men drink." Gil |
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Fri Nov 15, 2019 5:43 am
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Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 203
Location: Southern California
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Darn! You're right!
I Always get those two mixed up!... |
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Sat Nov 16, 2019 6:33 am
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Joined: 06 Apr 2007
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Location: The Great Northwet
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Lots of snipe in western WA. I've hunted them and it's lots of fun! |
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Sat Nov 16, 2019 3:14 pm
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Joined: 18 Aug 2010
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Location: Ballymoney Northern Ireland
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Sat Nov 16, 2019 4:40 pm
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Joined: 17 Mar 2017
Posts: 2799
Location: Endless Mountains of Pa
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Gentlemen,
Got to admit they are fun birds to hunt!
Pine Creek/Dave
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Tue Nov 19, 2019 4:21 pm
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Joined: 22 Jan 2015
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Speaking of odd sightings...I watched a grouse feed around my deer stand for about 5 minutes. Plenty of time to observe it. Was in a pine plantation, far eastern NC. I also saw pheasant rooster prowling around the same county. I suspect that pheasant was an escaped pet or farmed bird, cause he didn’t seem very cagey. |
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