I just found this site about study on the woodcock and its migration and thought others might find it interesting.
I still remember my first encounter with one in the fall woods grouse hunting in New England. It was my first year hunting and I was a college student and a group of my college friends were bird hunting when two of them flushed in front of me. I wasn't sure what it was this critter that looked like a hummingbird on steroids. After they flushed one of the other guys killed one of them and I learned they were also legal game. I've never specifically hunted for them but have killed a few over the years while grouse hunting. The land we use to have in Caswell County I use to see woodcock in this one spot all the time late in deer season or small game season. I never tried to hunt them in Caswell just enjoyed the flush and the memories of those earlier days.
Eastern Woodcock Migratory Research Cooperative
The Eastern Woodcock Migratory Research Cooperative is dedicated to understanding the migration ecology of the American woodcock. The cooperative is an international group of natural resource partners dedicated to woodcock conservation.
www.woodcockmigration.org
I still remember my first encounter with one in the fall woods grouse hunting in New England. It was my first year hunting and I was a college student and a group of my college friends were bird hunting when two of them flushed in front of me. I wasn't sure what it was this critter that looked like a hummingbird on steroids. After they flushed one of the other guys killed one of them and I learned they were also legal game. I've never specifically hunted for them but have killed a few over the years while grouse hunting. The land we use to have in Caswell County I use to see woodcock in this one spot all the time late in deer season or small game season. I never tried to hunt them in Caswell just enjoyed the flush and the memories of those earlier days.