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gobbstopper1946
Longbeard
Joined: Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:21 pm Posts: 275
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A First And A Treat
It was a great morning for turkey hunting dead still and overcast.
I sat at the base of a large white oak waiting to hear the first gobble of the morning that never came. Guess they didn't feel like gobbling this morning.
Around 9:00am I got up and started to ease around just looking and listening. My first find was a small morel, I thought about GN. Walking on I came up to a fence and a Woodcock, aka. Timberdoodle fluttered out and acted cripple. I've seen this act before from other birds when their protecting their nest or young. So I stood still and just looked and looked and looked. Then I saw them, right at my feet, four little Woodcock chicks! We think we got camo? Three were together and one was just a few inches away. At first I thought there were eight but after getting down a little closer there were only four. They were only about 2" long. Their tails were camoed the same as their heads. I studied them for a long time wishing I had brought my camera. I felt very fortunate, it made my morning!
GS...
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:50 am |
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Econo
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:09 pm Posts: 2070 Location: Buena Vista, Va.
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I flushed one off the nest last Saturday, it had 4 eggs in it, went back this saturday and all I found was remains of egg shells. Sure hope they hatched and not eaten by preditors.
_________________ If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:01 pm |
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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3806
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did you fry them or bake them Kenny?
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:58 pm |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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Awesome find!! I just love that it's often not the turkeys that end up making a spring hunt a memorable experience.
On one hunt, I got down on all fours to crawl up a road to the edge of a field. While I was crawling, I came face to face with a baby box turtle the size of a fifty cent piece munching on a snail. I could have walked right by him & never seen him at all.
Thanks for sharing your story!! Very cool!
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:27 pm |
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Dale
King of Spring
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:27 am Posts: 1907 Location: Roanoke, VA
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Now that was an exciting hunt! Can't beat the spring woods!
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:31 am |
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shademtn
Jake
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:25 am Posts: 49 Location: Manakin Sabot, VA
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I've flushed a few woodcock from their nest, and they do seem sort of injured - they don't go very high or far. Hopefully 1-2 of those little fellas will make it - would love to see woodcock numbers increase.
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