I had Stinkbelly and his Deutsch Drahthaar "Izzy" meet Blaze and I at an APHP unit near the Trinity River South East of Dallas this morning. Long drive, but worth it for some traditional Wetland/Marsh Snipe hunting. His first real Snipe hunt.



After a bit of walking to locate the birds, the hunt started at what I called "Snipe Island". Lots of Snipe. We got most of our Birds here. Lots of walking in deep mud, shallow water, and Marsh Grass.




A mix of both shooting flushed birds and pass shooting the little rockets after they circle back over us. Unfortunately there were many other shorebirds present that also look like Snipe so we had to have a good look at every bird before we could shoot. A lot of birds got out of range fast. Also when we did have a Snipe in range, we had to make sure there were no off target birds in the same line of shot. These are Dowitchers. They look a lot like Snipe.



Next location I called the "Marsh of Misses". Not going to say how many shots we fired, but we came out of this field with no birds.



Before leaving the Marsh of Misses, we tried the tactic of letting the Dogs run to get any remaining birds to fly around. We did not get any birds from that, but the Dogs sure had fun!



The Dogs Goofing off between hunt locations.



I enjoyed having Gary and Izzy hunt with me. The dogs clicked well too. A very successful and fun hunt. We both shot over a box of shells each.



I had invited a local Biologist to hunt with us, but he had a group of college students to deal with. The Biologist did come by for a visit where we were hunting. The group got to pass around one of my Snipe for a hands on look. That was cool.

Thanks for sharing, how well do the eat?

GREAT PHOTOS and looks like ya'll had a great time Sniper!!! Congrats guys

Yall did alot better than I did. That place looks awesome.

Saw plenty of birds but didn't get a a shot at any of them. Had fun watching the Widgeons play around though.

looks pretty duckey

Awesome!!

How do snipe taste?

Living up to your name again, John!

Congrats - and thanks for the story and pics!

Nice pics. Those are my two favorite hunting dog breeds. I'm still debating which one to get. My wife loves that Vizla, but I'm partial to the DD. That being said, we are going to look at Vizslas next weekend.

Sniperjohn introduced me to a game that I probably would have never hunted. I loved it. It was a cross between hunting dove, quail, and teal. Sometimes they would come up at your feet, sometimes they would give you a passing shot, but always they flew like teal (100 mph). I can't wait for my next hunt. Thanks John.

Here are a couple of my pictures.