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Unread 06-26-2023, 01:26 PM   #1
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So I am bored and anxiously waiting bird season.I was surfing the web and came across this webinar from Calif. Game Dept..They did and looks like they do webinars on all species that are eligible to hunt.Anyhow this webinar is informative and kept me interested for an hour.I was pleasantly surprised towards the end during the hunting tip section to see this picture of a Parker Shotgun and snipe.

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Unread 06-26-2023, 10:29 PM   #2
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I love to hunt snipe. That is, shoot at snipe.
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The most under rated upland bird.
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I’ve taken snipe, but don’t see numbers to approach a meal here in Ohio- more of a hors de oeuvre. Where do folks recommend for hunting? Would love to go, I’ve read plenty about it.
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We get a good migration/numbers most years here in Florida.Last year was real good.
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Here are few days from last season
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They are wonderful tasting little birds, very different from woodcock which I also enjoy. And what a terrific way to get your dog tuned up for bird season. It starts on Sept 15th in NH and you NEVER run into anyone else hunting snipe up there. The shots are open, no thickets of alders or spruce to get in the way. They can be sneaky so must be patient with the pup but given you're hunting a game birds before October 1st it's all good.
I run into them in a lot of places. I was a volunteer bird planter at a NAVHDA test in western Montana a few years back and watched a young GSP run 300 yards ahead of his handler to a ditch in front of where we were hiding at the end of the field, and then point a snipe that I had watched fly in about 15 minutes earlier. One of the judges, knowing that we wouldn't have planted a bird there, made the handler call the dog back off the point (ouch). Which is why hunt tests and trials aren't perfect.
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WOW a 28 gauge DHE!!...or...?





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A 20ga with the fishtail and red pad
28ga in the first pic
The other is a 28ga Churchill repro
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I love hunting snipe myself but have had trouble finding a good place with huntable numbers in recent years.
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