I've found fewer woodcock around up here this year. It's been colder than usual and wet. Catching the flights migrating south at just the right time is always a gamble.
Karl
Similar to what I found in the UP and north central WI, and I hunted them pretty regularly since the season opened. Found good concentrations of what appeared to be local birds earlier this month in both areas. Mostly gone now, although I'll probably get out once or twice more before our season ends. Never encountered anything like flight bird numbers. I saw one relatively recent post from a guy in SW Ontario indicating they still had them up there, so maybe we'll still get some. It'll be over for us Nov 5, and I've shot them right up to the end of the season some years.
