NY Catskills Woodcock

[Cold Spring]

While our Springer "Nitro" was doing his morning runs he flushed two big flights of woodcock from fencerows just about 1/2 mile from our home. First time last week was about 20-25 birds that took off in 2's and 3's with time to reload a double-gun if while hunting and I knew more were still in the brush and ready to take to the air. Then on Monday of this week Nitro did the same with about 15 birds in another fencerow on the opposite side of the access road. Nitro was in his glory but not I ...... our PA season for woodcock and grouse doesn't come in until October 19. My neighbor there raises beefers and in those areas his pastures are wet and soft this year, and with the many plops are probably ideal for earthworms.
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