Members slabstacker Posted November 24, 2023 Members Share Posted November 24, 2023 Went out with my Brittany this morning to bird hunt for a while on one of my favorite prairie conservation areas. Was going for some quail but she kept working down into the woods along all the draws we were around. Finally I just said ok and we shoved off into them and then she locked up. Walked over and flushed a woodcock then proceeded to completely miss both shots. Reloaded and took two steps and second one got up and I was able to down it. We kept working down through the timber and ended up getting 5 total woodcock up and I was able to kill my 3 bird limit. This was a first for me, I have always known they would come through but I didn’t think it would be so much fun to hunt those darn things! We had an absolute blast, should have tried it before now, she worked those birds better than she has ever worked anything. Hunting them in the timber might kind of be her thing, to bad season ends next Tuesday. I will definitely be out after them again! Quillback, fishinwrench, Terrierman and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillback Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 That's pretty neat, I have shot a lot of birds, but never a woodcock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinwrench Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, Quillback said: That's pretty neat, I have shot a lot of birds, but never a woodcock. Yeah, what the heck !?!?! Where did these suckers come from all of a sudden? I feel cheated. 🫤 My hardass ol'man used to practically kick the lungs out of his dog for acting birdy over a fieldmouse. Makes me wonder what he would have done if the dog had locked up on a woodcock 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillback Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 19 minutes ago, fishinwrench said: Yeah, what the heck !?!?! Where did these suckers come from all of a sudden? I feel cheated. 🫤 My hardass ol'man used to practically kick the lungs out of his dog for acting birdy over a fieldmouse. Makes me wonder what he would have done if the dog had locked up on a woodcock 🤔 Yeah they're everywhere now. Even showing up in people's houses for crying out loud. Terrierman, fishinwrench and snagged in outlet 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinwrench Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 9 minutes ago, Quillback said: Yeah they're everywhere now. Even showing up in people's houses for crying out loud. The kids are setting up the Christmas tree and the dogs are intent on getting under it....MIGHT BE A FRIGGIN WOODCOCK UNDER THERE ! 😳 I ain't messin'round ! nomolites, snagged in outlet 3, Quillback and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slabstacker Posted November 24, 2023 Author Members Share Posted November 24, 2023 I was pretty surprised by it all, I have flushed a couple here and there but always just one and it was usually by accident. I don’t know much about them at all but I guess they migrate through here just like doves. I would guess it is hit or miss hunting them, sometimes they are here and other times they aren’t. We definitely hit a stretch that some wanted to be in this morning. Sure was a good time, was a hunt for the memory books for sure! BilletHead and snagged in outlet 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 40 minutes ago, slabstacker said: I was pretty surprised by it all, I have flushed a couple here and there but always just one and it was usually by accident. I don’t know much about them at all but I guess they migrate through here just like doves. I would guess it is hit or miss hunting them, sometimes they are here and other times they aren’t. We definitely hit a stretch that some wanted to be in this morning. Sure, was a good time, was a hunt for the memory books for sure! I actually see and hear more as they go back north. I am sure others have heard them too and did not know what it was. They do courtship flights on way to nesting grounds. I will attach a video from you tube. Turn sound up high. I used to watch this happen every year in a yimber road across from my house until it got screwed up. At dusk a woodcock would be on the ground and do a peent, peent, call and turn different directions doing it. then fly up in circles real high with a twittering sound. At it's apex it would tumble back down with a whistling noise. As soon as that happened, he would start again. It is really amazing to witness. ness, bfishn and Quillback 3 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjm Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 I used to hunt them back east, but in this area I've only seen them in spring. Very erratic flyers. snagged in outlet 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinwrench Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Just curious......Who was the first person to eat one and proclaim that they were a "game bird"? 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 17 minutes ago, fishinwrench said: Just curious......Who was the first person to eat one and proclaim that they were a "game bird"? 🤔 You will never know. goes all the way back to hunter gatherers. Anything was fair game. Anything so as not to starve. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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