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Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon
We were hunting a friend's farm, mostly open, but with a small "ditch" (as we call them in Missouri). We ran into many nearly frozen woodcock. Once we saw their condition, we left them alone. They were reluctant to flush and could barely move. It was sad to see.
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They mostly probably survived okay after they regained some rest and the strength to move on.
Is seems almost every other late February after some unseasonable warm south winds for several days and early woodcock have moved in a 8 or ten- inch snow hits us and it almost always tails off in heavy rain and sub-freezing temps puts a thick crust on the snow. We have found dozens of dead woodcock for the next couple of weeks, all starved because they couldn’t find their customary food sources.
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