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33 minutes ago, Baldbloke said:

 


You’re right, but Some dogs are better at finding them than others. Think it’s those with experience.
Woodcock also have great camouflage compared to a cock pheasant so partly rely on that and sometimes lift at your feet.

 

that,s very true that got 2 labs the young one wants to retrive every thing that drops out the sky but wont pick a woodcock and only picked its first snipe a wk last saturday the older dog has picked woodcock and snipe since it was about 10 mths old, and about 5 yrs ago we where fencing in a block of spruce and larch and one evening we where loading truck up and my dog came to me with a woodcock then dissapeared again and retunrned with another came with 4 in total but this place was full of woodcock at the time.

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2 hours ago, Baldbloke said:

 


You’re right, but Some dogs are better at finding them than others. Think it’s those with experience.
Woodcock also have great camouflage compared to a cock pheasant so partly rely on that and sometimes lift at your feet.

True . They blend with the leaf litter superbly .

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22 hours ago, Stubby said:

Apparently the Woodcock don't have a "  gamey " smell like pheasant and partridge  so the dogs only stumble upon them really . 

Mmmmm…… That's what I used to think, but I've seen  mine lift  their noses to scent and then flush woodcock. Always in Bracken ? Its quite strange, nose up on scent turn to scent, head down and flush. Close though, never, more than a couple of metres away, As if the scent were lifting vertically. And yes probably flushed more by tripping over them !

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