Woodcock on the move!

[vom Dufenshmirtz]

let's make it 2015 wc tread?

I visited my honey hole for the first time and was very disappointed - only 2 flushes. I think wc might be in different areas due to very dry August.

[finsfurfeathers]

let's make it 2015 wc tread?

I visited my honey hole for the first time and was very disappointed - only 2 flushes. I think wc might be in different areas due to very dry August.

That's my take on it . So far the ones I've found are not in the usual spots however checking close by to water found more contacts. Thing is once the migration gets going and with some fall rain should be back to normal.

[Pigeoneater5000]

Hunting between North bay and temagami. Moved 12 birds.

[joe16]

how long were you out for to move the 12 birds ?

[krawler]

Short hunt on Friday in my "hotspot" near Midland. Flushed 8 birds, shot zero, the brush was way too thick and they were very skittish. I was flushing them out at 10 yards.
Went back again Saturday and couldn't find any. Scoured 3 different places in Simcoe county sat/sun. Managed to flush 2 grouse but no shot taken.

[Pigeoneater5000]

how long were you out for to move the 12 birds ?

about 2 hours. These birds were the hardest flushing woodcock I have ever encountered in my short hunting career. These birds were jumping 20-30 feet over birch trees then taking off. it was intense. It's the first time I traveled north to hunt them before the flights move south. It was a very challenging shoot to say the least. The dog worked like a champ and held steady for majority of the birds.

[joe16]

I considered going up there as well but I was told by many of the large operators that they did not have a lot of Woodcock mostly grouse

It does sound like a very challenging scenario and enough birds to keep you going

What kind of dog do you have

[Pigeoneater5000]

I considered going up there as well but I was told by many of the large operators that they did not have a lot of Woodcock mostly grouse

It does sound like a very challenging scenario and enough birds to keep you going

What kind of dog do you have

She is a mix. Setter/wirehaired.

[joe16]

Cool sorry I couldn't tell from the picture mine is a wire hair Pointing Griffon are you finding any birds locally?

[dutchhunter]

I can remember may be 25 or 30 years ago we hunted deer the first week of November and I was on a watch and just a dark a flight if woodcock landed around me must have been near a hundred birds .pretty cool to see .we were in a over grown fallow muck feild that was boarder by birch and tag alders .never seen anything like that before. Dutch