Woodcock flights

[Big D]

Interesting that individual birds would all choose to land/rest/eat in the same piece of land.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by John Dallas

Interesting that individual birds would all choose to land/rest/eat in the same piece of land.

John, Land features, especially those that are evident to the birds in flight at night (turn in a creek, etc.) and those areas that meet the birds needs will end up with "flights," at least in my part of the world. It's like finding truckers at a truck stop.

[Grouse28]

A friend of mine had a “flight” of 20 or so birds drop in on him in a cover.

[Dean Romig]

Those maps really reinforce the fact that “Falls of Woodcock” in Vermont’s NEK really are sporadic and I have truly been blessed with the number of woodcock I flush and occasionally harvest each year.





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[Louis Rotelli]

I was in Vt this past weekend. Saturday and Sunday.
Hunted all day Saturday with 6 woodcock points and 24 grouse
Sunday hunted from 8 to 3:00 with 1 woodcock and 10 grouse.
It seems the woodcock have pretty much moved on from northern Vt

[Woodcock survey]

Dean today in Maine we had 3 grouse flushes and 9 woodcock. 3 immature and 1 mature woodcock. 3 males and 1 unknown. I will know for sure next year when the fish and wildlife sends the results from the wings we send in. We have participated for 30 years and the information is very interesting. The immature males seem to be the bulk of early migrants, then young females and adult males and last adult females. If any one wishes to they can google ''tell age and sex of american woodcock'' and it is very simple. The cold coming the end of the week will probably bring it to an end. I have liked this discussion and learned from it.

[Jeff K.]

I'm still jumping woodcock in the corn fields in Northern Indiana. I've seen them the last couple of days. I'm sure they are flight birds, as it isn't a place you would expect to find woodcock.