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Sidelock
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Gil and I had a great time. One bird and one shot. Gil's dogs made a great point on it
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Sidelock
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Good job, Mills. I know how frustrating woodcock can be. Trust me.
SRH
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Gil I have watched many of woodcock during turkey season dance. Even watched one to other day that seemed to be rocking out to some old original rock and roll, but I have never hinted them. I have admired a few but only a few. You are lucky!
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Sidelock
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Keith, we are lucky to be in an area that seems to be a decent wintering ground for the doodles. Not to the extent that Louisiana has, but enough to keep us busy. We are also blessed without much competition. It takes dogs to be consistently successful and with the decline (where I have I read that word recently?) of wild quail, there are fewer and fewer bird dogs that hunt. All it would take to end our success would be for Eastern Shore farmers in the DelMarVA region to start farming worms like they did grain crops which interfered with duck migration patterns...
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This was my new pups second hunt which was this fall and her first birds. She did quite well overall.  Hey.....Ive seen that cabin before!  Good looking pup Brian.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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The usual suspects, Pop and Sadie, with 2 more days to go and it will be the last time I ask a dog to take the photo. 
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Sidelock
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Faced with going to an unhunted honey hole from years past, a little too close to newly built residences, and going back to old grounds, but in spots we've never hunted, we opted for dog safety and went back to old grounds. Today was the last day of the season. After seeing a recent video of Louisiana woodcocking in wet pine flats, we tried that and found two birds in a spot we've never hunted. We missed one in an adjacent bottom. Here's the 3 minute video the hunt in Louisiana's pine flats. I wonder how often the hunter has to change the batteries in these dogs.  Floyd's Sadie and Pop. Sadie in the photo. "we don't need no stinkin' batteries". Season's end; a good one. Finis. Peeent! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGnyWoWxyKE
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Sidelock
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Gil that's a cool video on doodles in the pines from Louisana. That's my idea of a Woodcock hunt...Geo
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Sidelock
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Good deal! I have a lead on some new areas for next year too.
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Great photography and nice dog work. Beautiful area and like what you said, well maintained. Thanks for sharing.
David
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