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Unread 10-29-2012, 09:35 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Rich Anderson View Post
I have been moving lots of Grouse each time I have gone out. Moving is the optimum word as the cover is so thick it's often just a glimpse or the sound of wings that let you know there was a bird here.

Woodcock are very spotty however. I got into some flight birds on 10/20 in a buch of scrub oaks of all places. It was so thick you could harsly get through the stuff. In four trips to the U.P. I haven't seen much more than half a dozen Woodcock.
Sounds like my covers in NY, significantly more grouse moved than last year, but in spite of the leaves changing early they have hung on and covered the escapes. But woodcock are few and far between in normally reliable thickets.

it will be a few days before we get out again, it will be interesting to see what if any affect the storm has, I hope the wind will have clared some shooting lanes. On the other hand downed trees can dramatically alter a cover.
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