woodcock

greylag

anyone bag any woodcock yet? seen a couple on sunday when out after pheasants

hughmace

Met 3 shot 1 !!
About average for me.....

ferrete

Have bagged 19 so far but they aren't in right yet. For I have been out often and no the numbers aren't there yet just wait for the colder weather

kermitpwee

ferrete wrote: »

Have bagged 19 so far but they aren't in right yet. For I have been out often and no the numbers aren't there yet just wait for the colder weather

Very impressed where are you based?

Birdnuts

ferrete wrote: »

Have bagged 19 so far but they aren't in right yet. For I have been out often and no the numbers aren't there yet just wait for the colder weather

Yep - like here, most of Europe has had a record warm autumn which means migrant woodcock are not on the move yet. Probably take a few more weeks yet for them to start arriving here in numbers, assuming winter will arrive at some stage.

Bamanlou

ive met 8 and shot 3

beretta686s

saw 1 shot 1 only been out twice doh be out all day this sunday giving it hell 4 leather

stevieboy

got 1 last thing sunday evening,met about 6 over the weekend,fired at 2 and got one.will be after them from now on and leave the pheasnts alone.

terminator2

got a shot at one , hes in the fridge

jmrc

terminator2 wrote: »

got a shot at one , hes in the fridge

Hope you didn't shoot him in the fridge...lol,

Glensman

Seen 2. They aren't in yet.
Need colder weather. The later the better- I have no time off work to Jan!!!

pheasntstalker

shot 0 ,seen none, just waiting for them arrive, just shot my first mini jetfighter( snipe):D:D last wkend twisty,tricky feckers!!:D still on a high,tried sevearl time to nail one, would love to try for a woodcock:D

garyc007

ya got one the monday (which i must breast later),starting to see a few more around

charlie10

quick question lads would woodcock be in cover like a phesant or open ground like a snipe? ,generally speaking now.and with a pointer that is good on phesant should he hunt woodcock too????

garyc007

ya it should point them.i usually find them in light bushes/trees though you will find them in heavy cover or open ground at times. (a good frosty morning iv often found them out in the open)

mallards

I've seen fifteen. Two about three weeks ago and the rest last weekend. Shot two so far. They are definitely in, traditionally this weekend is when we would normally see the first influx of them, so for us they are quite early.

landkeeper

lots about here. the missus was out training her springer yesterday and the dog picked up a woodcock it was uninjured, just tired i'd say she put it back in the ditch bottom and it was gone an hour later

EPointer=Birdss

charlie10 wrote: »

quick question lads would woodcock be in cover like a phesant or open ground like a snipe? ,generally speaking now.and with a pointer that is good on phesant should he hunt woodcock too????

My fella will find, pause & flush them. Rarely points them & hates retrieving them. Must be the fiddly feathers or somethin. Usually meet them in boggy areas at the foot of trees, often holly, with water nearby.
Great shooting. Best of the lot

DavyDee

EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

My fella will find, pause & flush them. Rarely points them & hates retrieving them. Must be the fiddly feathers or somethin. Usually meet them in boggy areas at the foot of trees, often holly, with water nearby.
Great shooting. Best of the lot

My gsp bitch does the exact same and hates retrieving them too!

charlie10

ya i know some good spots that should hold a few so !!

EPointer=Birdss

Got 1st woodcock of the season today. Way too warm yet. Was weird walking around in glaring sun sweatin like a pig meeting them. It was roasting today!
Not the same as frosty days

snipeface

Seen 1st one today, didn't even get the gun up.

Mauser 308

snipeface wrote: »

Seen 1st one today, didn't even get the gun up.

Same as, seen the first one this afternoon. Was too busy wondering what it was until it was out of range. I was hunting pheasents and when it dawned on me what it was, I thought " oh yea" but too late to fire.:o

kermitpwee

Put up 8 today and shot 2, they are in great condition, put up 2 yesterday.

garyc007

they are really in now.went in to check out a spot and once my springer got going she flushed 15 in an hour, and 5 pheasant too. my friend has a gp and she will sit rock steady on woodcock lads so i dont know why yer pointers are flushing,they take their notions i suppose

hughmace

garyc007 wrote: »

they are really in now.went in to check out a spot and once my springer got going she flushed 15 in an hour, and 5 pheasant too. my friend has a gp and she will sit rock steady on woodcock lads so i dont know why yer pointers are flushing,they take their notions i suppose

What part of the country ru in?
Wasn't out the week end trialing instead
Ta

Longranger

I was out earlier with my terrier, just having a wander over some nice fox country. Dog disappears into a bush, woodcock rises like a missile, I shoot,I hit, dog decides too see what fresh, raw woodcock tastes like before I get to him, dog still spitting out feathers! LMFAO:-)

Tawny Owl

pheasntstalker wrote: »

shot 0 ,seen none, just waiting for them arrive, just shot my first mini jetfighter( snipe):D:D last wkend twisty,tricky feckers!!:D still on a high,tried sevearl time to nail one, would love to try for a woodcock:D

Brill quote Pheasantstalker I am Breaking my backside laughing after you described them little Snipe that way and too true you are there little feckers to get but it makes the day when your out after Pheasants and you get nothing only a couple of shots at a little mini jetfighter thanks enjoyed the laugh.:D:D.

garyc007

DavyDee wrote: »

My gsp bitch does the exact same and hates retrieving them too!

i spoke too soon. my springer wouldnt retrieve one for me the other day,kept spittin it out!

AppliedICT

Plenty about today here in County Antrim today

tonytoc11

We met at least 30 last weekend in a few big plantations and shot 15

tfox

saw over 30 today beating in Galway, great numbers about

EastTyrone

what is the best way to work a small plantation for woodcock?

sniper83

got 7 yesterday, put up about 10-15 more mostly hunting plantations and cut-away forestry.. land is awful wet so they seem to be in deep hard to get a crack at them when they are in that deep..

EastTyrone wrote: »

what is the best way to work a small plantation for woodcock?

use a good dog lol:D

depends how many of ye is hunting? easiest way would be to try and surround it and one lad go through it and hunt it..

tfox

saw over 50 in Galway today, every bit of ground held a bird, sitting very tight though

sniper83

tfox wrote: »

saw over 50 in Galway today, every bit of ground held a bird, sitting very tight though

noticed the same yesterday they were very sticky...
just wondering was it coillte woods that ye were hunting?

tonytoc11

EastTyrone wrote: »

what is the best way to work a small plantation for woodcock?

As many springers as you can get your hands on

cavan shooter

Saw about 7, flushed 4 and shot 1. I lay off the pheasants after christmas and then go after woodcock.

PippaSpaniel

I went out for an hour yesterday on a small plantation met seven shot two was on my own could have done with another lad on the other side of the ditch.they seem to be in both ditches and forestry. Its looking good for the season!!

tfox

sniper83 wrote: »

noticed the same yesterday they were very sticky...
just wondering was it coillte woods that ye were hunting?

Some of it was woods, found a lot out in light covers on edge of bogs aswell.

2 days solid beating, the dog has barely moved since

PippaSpaniel

Myself and pippa the springer beat cover today for two hours flushed fifteen in total from forestry edges with birch and willow trees on the edge of the woods. I shot two.Exciting stuff they were flying out in threes and fours and the odd single one.When you hear the wings breaking out thru the cover its a buzz.

Ronnie Beck

Pup flushed a woodcock yesterday. So happy - her first flush of proper game.