Snipe hunting on the Altamaha
 

These photos are of Champney Island and Butler Island which are old rice plantations now managed for waterfowl, snipe and a host of other wildlife. The water is now drawn down for snipe season. Not a whole lot of luck today, but still a good time. The Parker is an 1890 GH 12 with the early GH engraving.

Is the checkering completely worn off the but stock or did the gun not have any.

The checkering is worn off and the stock needs some work. A great shooter though

lovely area you are hunting..the snipe and the old parker go good together..it s been a while since i ve killed a snipe..pull a snipes head off and it looks to be a quail to me...just don t fly like a quail though..keepem coming... hope i do as well squirl hunting to day weather is nasty this morning its raining and 34 degrees.. charlie

Nice. A few questions: Do you hunt snipe with a dog? What's the difference between a snipe and a woodcock? They look almost identical. How do you tell the difference?
How are they as table fare?

A buddy has moved to Savannah recently. I'm planning to take my duck boat down to his house to resume hunting that area again.

I do not hunt snipe with a dog. They are too skiddish to hold for a point. Snipe like marsh or muddy fields and woodcock like swampy woods. Woodcock are a little bigger

Mills ,Great Pictures and a nice looking Snipe ,don't forget to mention the Snipe seems to me ,to be at least twice as fast in the air as a Woodcock ! Congrats on Good Shooting ! Russ

Can you use lead shot?

You can use lead shot in Georgia.

Snipe aren't covered under the Federal Migratory Bird Act???