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Scouting Report - 03/12/12

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Heard tree calling at 6:23 am and the first gobble at 6:40 am. The birds started flying down at 7:00 am and the last bird left the roost at 7:30 am. Sunrise was at 7:02 am.

The birds were much more subdued today with the foul weather. A steady wind made it impossible to hear any birds other than the ones I set-up on.

I spent the morning with the larger flock I found on Saturday. There were four gobblers in the group, and they only gobbled maybe 20 different times (very quiet).

Highlight of the morning was flushing 10 snipe in a grass field before daylight.
 
sounds good.

one question, how do you tell the difference between snipe and woodcock when you flush them? I know woodcock are usually solitary but not sure if I have seen snipe before.
 
Thanks for the report WMA; good info. For those of us that can't get out every morning, this is like therapy!
 
catman529 said:
sounds good.

one question, how do you tell the difference between snipe and woodcock when you flush them? I know woodcock are usually solitary but not sure if I have seen snipe before.
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Two ways. First, I heard them calling before I crossed the field. Also, the habitat you are in is usually a good indicator. Both will be in wet, soggy areas. But, snipe prefer grassy areas and woodcock will usually have leaves under their feet.
 
Boll Weevil said:
Thanks for the report WMA; good info. For those of us that can't get out every morning, this is like therapy!
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I have to laugh at this because my wife and I did our budget today. Gas is going up, and I'm driving more to listen to turkeys.

So...I'll be listening to turkeys less often and driving my wife's car when I do. LOL!
 
I see far more woodcock in cedar thickets and pine stands then I have ever seen in anything remotely considered a swamp or bog. In these parts we see tons of woodcock over the course of a grouse season, and they are usually in places that are dry.

Snipe are much smaller then woodcock, and woodcock generally chatter when they flush.

The other way to tell is that snipe are rarely in the woods, in fact I have never seen one in the woods, and have never seen a woodcock in a field.
 
I saw several woodcocks in my deer hunting spot last year. A few were in a creek bottom but a good number were also on top of a hill in a powerline cut with tall grass and no trees. I know they were woodcock because of the weird call they make at dawn. Had one land 10 ft in front of me while sitting in the tall grass one morning. Cool birds
 

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