tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post5048536855167037159..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Woodcock Here and There..Steve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-58572350864033362592016-02-04T22:19:00.033-08:002016-02-04T22:19:00.033-08:00It seemed like such a good time! I love hunting fo...It seemed like such a good time! I love hunting for woodcocks because you have to have a dog with you. Lisahttp://www.recreationspace.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-63363568849689191542016-01-17T16:25:17.744-08:002016-01-17T16:25:17.744-08:00For about 4 years, at the Memphis gun club's s...For about 4 years, at the Memphis gun club's sporting clay course, a European Woodcock took up residence. The club is on a very swampy area on the Loosahatchie River. The bird was always at the end of the course near the rabbit station. Gunfire did not overly bother it as it would flush and return to cover. We often discussed the long journey it endured to get to Memphis. Several of us had shot in England and recognized the bird because of its large size. Then suddenly it was gone. Predators, disease, migration, whatever. We missed our special woodcock.Dodsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01957518060087522006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-35692258900549533352016-01-15T03:01:06.463-08:002016-01-15T03:01:06.463-08:00It's up and running. Thanks. I see where it ...It's up and running. Thanks. I see where it has a link for bespoke woodcock dog bells from the Pyrennes. Now, that's class money can buy. GilGilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16586106608274313864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-64521804057306089602016-01-14T17:10:19.359-08:002016-01-14T17:10:19.359-08:00Should be fixed now- let me know!Should be fixed now- let me know!Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-64125049616049667742016-01-14T14:30:36.761-08:002016-01-14T14:30:36.761-08:00Steve, Kirk Hogan's link yields a 404 error me...Steve, Kirk Hogan's link yields a 404 error message. GilGilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16586106608274313864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-4463501946407962912016-01-14T11:46:42.179-08:002016-01-14T11:46:42.179-08:00Steve, is the green shotshell in the photo 32 gaug...Steve, is the green shotshell in the photo 32 gauge or .410 short? GilGilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16586106608274313864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-284203447642715242016-01-14T01:58:55.941-08:002016-01-14T01:58:55.941-08:00Great report. The pictures remind me of happy days...Great report. The pictures remind me of happy days spent with a rather wild Brittany , who ranged wide , but always froze on birds!<br />I,too, shoot the odd woodcock during both driven and walked up shooting. <br />I always marvel at their beauty, and would not wish to shoot many......They are indeed prized for eating here in UK as well. <br />However this year , because of the extremely mild weather n Northern Europe, we have not had the usual migratory "fall " of cock, so far.<br />Traditionally , they fly over the North Sea ,under the full moon, and are found in thickets in my native East Anglia, where they rest and recover . They then move on to their usual wintering grounds in SW UK, where the climate is warmer , due to the effects of the Gulf Stream ( "Normally"!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com