Snipe and rails are both where you find them. I've killed both down in Southern Illinois where I'm from but it took a lot of looking and very little shooting most of the time. To most folks they're mystery birds, I'm literally the only person I know who's ever hunted them down that way. My guess is Maine is about the same, it's just not one of the areas that there seems to be a hunting culture for them. Both birds must pass through that area in good numbers, it would just be a matter of figuring out when and where. After the first frost both will be long gone so if you're going to find any this season you'd better really start looking.
Destry
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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