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I witnessed John Davis get a double on snipe during our first hunting trip together (I didn’t think such a bird even existed). The shots were so impossible I just looked him and said, “I believe you just channeled Fred Kimble”.
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06-26-2023, 09:51 PM | #4 | ||||||
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The most under rated upland bird.
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06-26-2023, 09:55 PM | #5 | ||||||
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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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06-26-2023, 10:49 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Here are few days from last season
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06-27-2023, 02:37 PM | #7 | ||||||
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WOW a 28 gauge DHE!!...or...? .
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06-26-2023, 10:46 PM | #8 | ||||||
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We get a good migration/numbers most years here in Florida.Last year was real good.
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06-27-2023, 11:21 AM | #9 | ||||||
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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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06-27-2023, 03:15 PM | #10 | ||||||
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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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