DOVES BETWEEN BLIZZARDS

[Mills]

Our dove season effectively ends a few weeks after the start in September due to them just disappearing. I sure miss the hunts in November and early January we used to have.

[Big D]

I could never get used. to the long recoil double punch with that design..My first gun was a 20 gauge 11-48. It went away..1100 solved that

[Mills]

Going to give the woodcock one last try this weekend. There are still ducks, snipe and quail before we get to turkey season. The biggest challenge down here is lack of game. No less than three woodcock hunts have not yielded a single bird.

[Woodcock survey]

Originally Posted by Mills Morrison

Going to give the woodcock one last try this weekend. There are still ducks, snipe and quail before we get to turkey season. The biggest challenge down here is lack of game. No less than three woodcock hunts have not yielded a single bird.

Our last 3 hunts in Maine 2 out of 3 of us came home with clean barrels. It was the worst year in memory. As Dean says they are where you find them and when you find them.
I guess we must balance the good with the bad but the long term trend has been steadily down.

[Dean Romig]

Mills, “woodcock are where you find them” is a quote that seems appropriate in times like these where we simply miss the migrational flights.
I know the feeling.





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[Mills]

That is true.

[Mills]

We hunted some promising looking habitat this past weekend and are planning to go back there in hopes the cold weather north of us pushes them down.

Unfortunately, you can't blame migration and weather patterns on the lack of other game birds once prevalent around here . . . .