Lack of rain has the birds hitting drying up water.

45 with my boys last weekend. Big fat mature birds.




Youngest and I got 30 in about 10 min today. Fast and furious. Nice warmup with the noisy cricket.


Birds are coming in stuffed full of wheat seed.

I've been chasing them around here in the middle of a field the last week. Pattern has gone out the window.

Lates season birds and cool weather makes for some good hunting.

First split ended yesterday, right?? I wish they'd just let it run straight through. Can't imagine it would hurt the population any.

I believe it's still open in the north and central zones until Sunday.

Has been steady shooting the entire season around these parts. One of the best years in memory.

Snipes in season?...thought it was not until Oct. 31st.
Last pic top center.

Good eye. Snipe opens late October. That's an old pic out of my picture albums. Been hunting the same exact spot for 10 years and grabbed that pic out of my albums to show how much wheat the birds have in em. we don't see a ton of snipe but occasionally in dec/jab/feb-we have a few.

time stamp says something different

LOL

Snipe is a tricky bizness.

I question if it is actually a snipe, is there a better pic of this shore bird?

I've been waiting all morning to see who would be the first igw to comment.

this is an official investigation, sir...please back up

Shoot what you can afford.

You should see those whoopers he mounted last year