Woodcock .

[spuddog0507]

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.

[Stubby]

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 .

[roboted]

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 !

Edited November 13, 2018 by roboted
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[struie]

When i was keepering on Monteviot estates we would start looking for the Woodcock the last week in October first week in November depending when the full moon was,never did and still dont like seeing them in the:. bag: