Woodcock Limit Today With Bonus

Had a great day in the uplands today. Started off first thing in the morning with a quick warm up hunt at Hullet. Where I manged to put a rooster pheasant in the bag. On my way out saw two pheasants on the side of the road and almost changed my mind and stayed there, but I had the woodcock migration on my mind. So I continued to another property to try my luck. Well my idea paid off, as the woodcock where in thick. Ended off with my limit plus two bonus grouse. After I shot my last bird as I was walking out, we where still flushing birds. A memorable day, fellow woodcock hunters I think this is going to be the week. Have fun out there.
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Nice, glad you both had a great day

Wow, awesome job. Looks like a perfect day.


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Good job fishhawk, you got the Ontario upland grand slam!! Migration seems to be in full swing, get out there folks.
Lorenzo

that is amazing. what a day.

The kind of day that memories are made of... Love the photos to boot...

Great pics and congrats on the mixed upland bag

Definitely got a versatile dog there. Always nice to have one or 2 days to put the icing on the cake.

Nice work!
I like the pictures of your dog.

Thanks for all the kind words and I hope you all are having a successful season with heavy game bags and tags filled.
For the folks who would be interested in knowing how I prepared the woodcock for the table this is what I did.
I marinated the woodcock meat for over night in a mixture of white wine, soy sauce, crushed garlic and salt, pepper. You could add what ever seasoning you like. Then sauteed the meat in melted butter, medium rare. legs well done. If you over cook the breast meat it will take on a livery taste.
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Great job on your successful hunt

Nice shooting!
How far north were you?

Huron county.

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Originally Posted by fishhawk

Had a great day in the uplands today. Started off first thing in the morning with a quick warm up hunt at Hullet. Where I manged to put a rooster pheasant in the bag. On my way out saw two pheasants on the side of the road and almost changed my mind and stayed there, but I had the woodcock migration on my mind. So I continued to another property to try my luck. Well my idea paid off, as the woodcock where in thick. Ended off with my limit plus two bonus grouse. After I shot my last bird as I was walking out, we where still flushing birds. A memorable day, fellow woodcock hunters I think this is going to be the week. Have fun out there.
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Well done!

What a strange year for grouse....They seem plentiful north of me and south of me but man are they scarce right in my local area. Congrats on your great day!!!