woodcock

[ClinchMtn]

I have observed a lot of woodcock in middle TN (Lincoln County) over the least two weeks. They must be migrating back north and passing through.

 

[Flintlocksforme]

I saw them every day while rabbit hunting in west Tennessee the last week of February. Too bad our woodcock season is over before they show up.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

I saw them every day while rabbit hunting in west Tennessee the last week of February. Too bad our woodcock season is over before they show up.

It's the same on the east side. They show up right after season closes. I guess that's ok because I think they're pretty cool to see, and very challenging to hit but they taste like dirt. I don't really have a reason to hunt them.

 

[Iglow]

I saw them every day while rabbit hunting in west Tennessee the last week of February. Too bad our woodcock season is over before they show up.

I saw one also squirrel hunting at the same time.

 

[MickThompson]

They are thick right now, both courting and nesting. My bird dogs are on obedience/retrieving duty now and out of the woodcock covers.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

They are thick right now, both courting and nesting. My bird dogs are on obedience/retrieving duty now and out of the woodcock covers.

 

[MickThompson]

 

[MickThompson]

I saw them every day while rabbit hunting in west Tennessee the last week of February. Too bad our woodcock season is over before they show up.

They were here November-January. I hunt them in Tennessee every year.

 

[Flintlocksforme]

I always miss out on that

 

[MickThompson]

I always miss out on that

Thanksgiving morning has become a tradition for us. Seems like we've frozen and the birds pushed south in the January segment the last few years

 

[Smo]

Today in my neck of the woods…

I got 3 pics before it flew off into a blowdown tree top..

We shot several when I was growing up..
Our bird dogs would point them like they were quail.
Back then they were usually found in swampy areas..
Definitely a challenge wing shooting them..