Originally Posted By: BrentD

As a kid I shot down trees trying to hit them in NE Minnesota. Now and then in the fall, I find them on my property here in Iowa, but I never have a gun in hand expecting them. I need to try harder.

The woodcock we killed back when quail were here stayed on the ground in swampy bottoms....don't recall ever seeing one in a tree.

I believe you got your cOcks confused "living on Dave's dOle Brentley"....