October
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Who's Online Now
1 members (SMP16Ga.), 1,312 guests, and 5 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Forum Statistics
Forums10
Topics39,520
Posts562,356
Members14,590
Most Online9,918
Jul 28th, 2025
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 663
Likes: 22
Sidelock
**
OP Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 663
Likes: 22
Though I've hunted rails and I've hunted woodcock, I've never chased after cousin snipe. Yesterday, being off from work and dealing with a constant barrage of rain, my hunting partner and I decided we would walk the fringes of the duck swamps and bogs, as well as some flooded fields to see if we could put up any snipe. We did not raise a feather. Any tips for hunting snipe in the northern states?

Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 485
Likes: 183
Sidelock
Offline
Sidelock

Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 485
Likes: 183
I hunted them in the south and still do from time to time. Populations are way down where I am. Best advice is good luck finding huntable populations. When you find them, they are a lot of fun to hunt

Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 4,201
Likes: 640
GLS Offline
Sidelock
**
Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 4,201
Likes: 640
They will occasionally show up in flooded pastures down here. Wet,shallow areas are what you need, the bigger the better. Gil

Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 671
Likes: 57
Hal Offline
Sidelock
Offline
Sidelock

Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 671
Likes: 57
I've shot hundreds, mostly in the wet meadow zone of grazed wetlands. Few here now, as willows, hybrid cattail and reed canary grass have shaded the meadows out and glyphosate (Roundup) has killed the wet meadow plants around the edges of wetlands that still lie in cropland. Four of us shot 31 in one walk around a single bay of a grazed hardstem bulrush marsh when the limit was 8. Buddy Tom found the 32nd in his hunting coat about three weeks later!

Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 485
Likes: 183
Sidelock
Offline
Sidelock

Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 485
Likes: 183
Old rice fields and cow pastures - preferably rice fields that are cow pastures - are what they have historically liked down here. Even friends with perfect habitat report low populations, though

Joined: May 2004
Posts: 2,125
Likes: 38
Sidelock
***
Offline
Sidelock
***

Joined: May 2004
Posts: 2,125
Likes: 38
Are snipes different than woodcock?


So many guns, so little time!
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 663
Likes: 22
Sidelock
**
OP Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 663
Likes: 22
Yes they're different birds (though they look similar) and I believe they have completely different diets and habitat.

Joined: May 2013
Posts: 119
Likes: 75
Sidelock
***
Offline
Sidelock
***

Joined: May 2013
Posts: 119
Likes: 75
Back in the 80's we hunted Snipe at Catahoula Lake in central La. and there were lots of them. It was a lot of fun. We just walked them up in the wet ground covered with cockle burrs.

We shot a lot of shells because we would shoot at some slower flying birds but found out they were actually mosquitoes.

Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 3,854
Likes: 118
Sidelock
**
Offline
Sidelock
**

Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 3,854
Likes: 118
"We shot a lot of shells because we would shoot at some slower flying birds but found out they were actually mosquitoes."

Now that is funny. I can believe it though.


David


Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 397
Likes: 12
Sidelock
Offline
Sidelock

Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 397
Likes: 12
Hunted a few, normally around shore line, or edges of pounds in middle of field

Page 1 of 2 1 2

Link Copied to Clipboard

doublegunshop.com home | Welcome | Sponsors & Advertisers | DoubleGun Rack | Doublegun Book Rack

Order or request info | Other Useful Information

Updated every minute of everyday!


Copyright (c) 1993 - 2024 doublegunshop.com. All rights reserved. doublegunshop.com - Bloomfield, NY 14469. USA These materials are provided by doublegunshop.com as a service to its customers and may be used for informational purposes only. doublegunshop.com assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in these materials. THESE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-ABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. doublegunshop.com further does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within these materials. doublegunshop.com shall not be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, including without limitation, lost revenues or lost profits, which may result from the use of these materials. doublegunshop.com may make changes to these materials, or to the products described therein, at any time without notice. doublegunshop.com makes no commitment to update the information contained herein. This is a public un-moderated forum participate at your own risk.

Note: The posting of Copyrighted material on this forum is prohibited without prior written consent of the Copyright holder. For specifics on Copyright Law and restrictions refer to: http://www.copyright.gov/laws/ - doublegunshop.com will not monitor nor will they be held liable for copyright violations presented on the BBS which is an open and un-moderated public forum.

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5
(Release build 20201027)
Responsive Width:

PHP: 7.0.33-0+deb9u11+hw1 Page Time: 0.330s Queries: 35 (0.297s) Memory: 0.8397 MB (Peak: 1.9016 MB) Data Comp: Off Server Time: 2025-10-20 09:26:23 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS