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A few pictures from my friend, Eric Karlsson of MoIndal, Sweden:





Eric uses his turn-of-the-last-century R11 to good effect for woodcock, pheasants, mallards, wigeon, doves and hares. His Darne needs just a little "love" right now (broken trigger return spring) and I will help him out, as the factory doesn't seem to be interested in helping-not the first time I have heard this of late.

Great pictures, Eric!

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The European Woodcock is a magnificent bird; nice gun, too. Gil

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They look much larger than ours do stateside.
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Hey all, went out solo today, my son Jim was working cows for some friends of ours. Anyway, went up to the farm were we hunt deer. Always see birds in that area. Did see a few today. I did manage a limit.....but, lost one in the cattails and Rania couldn't find him, so only two in the bag. Good day overall, nice weather and a good dog!

I used my 16ga Arrieta 871



And....one tired Raina girl!



Until later!

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American woodcock can be fairly large as well.



Got this one after you left Ted.

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Lloyd,
I've managed to take a couple of large females that were rather large, but looking at the example of the European one puts ours into perspective.
Going out today to find some more.
Karl

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Wow Karl, you are up early.

FWIW, European Woodcock are more than 2X as big as their NA counterparts.

They are a pound plus.


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Most interesting that they can shoot doves in Sweden, Ted. I'd sure be interested in hearing more about what dove species it is and how they go about it, whether there are large concentrations or if it is just "pot" luck kind of hunting for them. I wonder if it is the Eurasion Collared Dove which has become an invasive species here, and which we can shoot at will.

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The advantage of my pursuit of American over the European woodcock is that I don't need an Airbus or Boeing to hunt them. Gil

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Originally Posted By: Stan
Most interesting that they can shoot doves in Sweden, Ted. I'd sure be interested in hearing more about what dove species it is and how they go about it, whether there are large concentrations or if it is just "pot" luck kind of hunting for them. I wonder if it is the Eurasion Collared Dove which has become an invasive species here, and which we can shoot at will.

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Im the Swede with the Darne. It is indeed the euroasian collared dove that we hunt. It can be shot over decoys or in August/september when wheat is harvested I take post under a tree on their flightline near the fields.
About the woodcock. The north american is a smaller one, hence the latin name Scolopax Minor, the european is Scollopax Rusticola.
I am new to the forum, but when I learn how to post pictures I have some from dove hunts.

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