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I tried a new dove hunting spot and stumbled upon lots of Wilson�s Snipe. Flushing snipe is fun.

Why isn�t snipe hunting more popular?

I think they are a great upland bird. Maybe because they are migratory, they may not taste as good as other upland birds. Also, they may not be around next weekend.

I have them around duck holes that usually are large flat fields and I stop up the water at one end.They seem to like the edges looks like they poke for worms. Seem to tast a little like duck maybe a notch or two better.Usually mid to late January
Monty

Snipe are a fun and challenging target. As far as table fare, I consider them to be better tasting than any dark meat game bird excepting maybe a woodie. Finding huntable populations for some is an issue. Fortunately it isn't for me.

Hiya,

I love snipe shooting, as I think they are a very sporting bird (possibly one of the most sporting) and great to eat if taken in the right place. It is also generally the case that when you have them on your land you have enough to make some decent sport.

Flooded meadows and the like make for good eating, but birds off of the fore shore or those muddy cockle beds are a bit fishy.

I'm away again tomorrow for two weeks and the highlight of the trip for me will be the last two days spent snipe shooting.

I'll try and get some video up when I return.

K

Snipe is probably the best shooting and year's ago we had it very good up here,I loved it !...but the shagging no-tox rule's got up here and ruined the game for me ,the shell's are very difficult to get up here in "snipe size " load's ,and what we can get is very cost prohibitive .

I do have two box's of steel 7's I run through a stoeger 20 bore ,I save it for those special day's when I put a few in my pocket,pick my shot's and bring home a couple for supper.

Very sad really my,Drathaar is death on these..they turn him into a statue,his favorite bird four paw's down !!!

I've never had an issue on this side of the pond with our Wilson Snipe feeding on saltwater denizens. Here's a limit of snipe (hard to see against the tree; harder to see in the grass before flushing) taken with my 1922 Sterly 16.

I've shot them here and in the UK, a tremendous game bird to be certain. Wish I could get into them a bit more locally, but I've looked a bit and only got any shooting on one occasion.

Destry

had lots of them on the old family farm back in MO... once took two with one shoot... one of those crazy once-in-a-lifetime deal where they just happened to be crossing as I was following one bird... hard as heck to find after the shot without a dog though... anyways, tons of fun and if you got them, you should hunt them if they are legal. The best part is in MO, the season often crosses with several others like Dove, Squirrel, ducks and possibly rabbit (and coot though never again)so you can come home with quite the assorted bag...

Ain't that the truth.