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Post by deputydon on Sept 17, 2007 10:10:43 GMT -5
Woodcock season opens next Sat. hewre in Nebraska. I;ll check the creek bottoms and give Lisa a work out. I don't know how many I'll kick up BUT I'll also see if I have any Quail on the bottoms so when their season opens I'll have scouted them already. How many of you have tryed Woodcock hunting ?
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Post by Jack on Sept 17, 2007 11:18:08 GMT -5
Oh, yes. Great fun when they're migrating thru and you find a creek bed full of them.
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Post by klsm54 on Sept 17, 2007 21:18:50 GMT -5
Woodcock are great fun. For me they were always a bonus when hunting just about any other upland game. Seemed like we always kicked up a few local birds, but when the flight birds are around a guy can have a real blast.
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Post by jimiowa on Sept 17, 2007 22:14:42 GMT -5
I never have hunted woodcock. In fact in 6 yrs of selling Hunting licenses and doing the HIP survey in the process I have only talked to two hunters that did. A guy hunting woodcock in Iowa would pretty well have the state to himself.
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Post by Bill on Sept 17, 2007 23:39:32 GMT -5
Any creek bottom that has a lot of dead and live timber that they can get bugs and worms from is a good location for the Timberdoodle. Problem is finding that one good spot that they like. I know of one in Nebraska. I know there has to be more.
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Post by bullseye on Sept 18, 2007 6:00:56 GMT -5
The first day DD, Bill, Donnie, and I hunted last year Panda kicked up quite a few. They were definitely northern flight birds because they were gone the next day. DD even managed to bag one! While he couldn't seem to get one the flew up in cover he did manage to get the one that flew down the trail. 54 is right about it being a blast. We have run into groups a number of times over the years and it makes for some good shooting. Because they travel at night, it is a case of here today and gone tomorrow. Depending on where we camp when we are hunting we can hear them fly by as they head south during the night.
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