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Post by hornharvester on Apr 25, 2012 18:19:36 GMT -5
I hunted 5 hours today, walked about 3 miles and never saw a bird or heard a gobble. The vegetation has grown so much you cant see very far in the woods. I did stumble upon a woodcock setting her nest. She flew up at my feet and scared the heck out of me. Here is a pick of her nest I took with my cellphone. h.h.
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Post by waynecountytrio on Apr 25, 2012 18:25:28 GMT -5
thats pretty cool....believe those are the first ive ever seen...we dont have any woodcocks up around my neck of the woods
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Post by Decatur on Apr 26, 2012 8:30:52 GMT -5
Cool! We have them in Adams County.
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Post by hornharvester on Apr 26, 2012 8:46:16 GMT -5
They live in the south too and nest around wet or swampy areas. They use their long beak to probe for worms and grubs in soft ground. Woodcock migrate north to nest and south for the winter. Whats cool is they fly at night, taking off right at twilight. In mid to late October if you go out and watch the horizon you can some times see them.
I thought it kind of odd that a week ago I stumbled on to two different families of woodcock that had already hatched and the chicks were old enough to fly, yet this one was still on her eggs. h.h.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2012 11:31:04 GMT -5
The place I deer hunt is full of Woodcocks, they are a pretty cool bird.
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Post by parkerbow on Apr 26, 2012 20:50:08 GMT -5
i have them on my land in Perry county. I see them quite often and yes they scare the heck out of you when you almost step on them and they flush up. I came across some chicks just last week. they are pretty cool birds.
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Post by HillBillyJeff on Apr 27, 2012 4:41:23 GMT -5
Funny walk to them.
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