Monday Night Duck Shoot

[sjemac]

Was at work and it sucked so I took off at quitting time and headed to the marsh for a solo evening hunt. It was a little slow but I still managed to pick up a limit of ducks, a couple of snipe and a suicidal goose.

Evening marsh shots

A very wet and bedraggled snipe.

The first bluewing of the evening -- lots of pellets in the beak.

Poachers retrieve on the bluewing.


The Damage

 

[fishkinger]

Beauty eveing and pictures - never understood the point of killing a snipe but to each their own - can't wait for our duck season in Ontario to open up the 24th.
Cheers, and good shooting.
jf

 

[sjemac]

Beauty eveing and pictures - never understood the point of killing a snipe but to each their own - can't wait for our duck season in Ontario to open up the 24th.
Cheers, and good shooting.
jf

The point of shooting snipe -- one of the best tasting birds out there.

 

[ibloom]

ive never tried them, but if they're half as good as they look in the above pic, ill shoot em too!!!

 

[2233]

Had never tried snipe...will have to do so

 

[beretta boy]

Couldn't agree more ... shot and enjoyed many a Snipe (Beccasina) dinner in Cuba.
Great fun chasing them around through the rice paddies on the north coast.

 

[diemaco]

Do snipe taste similar to woodcock? The first time I plucked one I was amazed at how tiny it was once the feathers were gone.

 

[7mmlefty]

Snipe and wood #### are very tasty when you can get them.. Good shooting there Sjemac... reminds me... I should get my migratory before the 24th.

 

[sjemac]

Do snipe taste similar to woodcock? The first time I plucked one I was amazed at how tiny it was once the feathers were gone.

Not quite. They taste like snipe (sorry but its true). They are way tinier than woodcock but relatively easy to pluck. You're not going to feed a family on them, but shooting a couple when its slow or after you've limited definitely provides some rewards. Just use small steel -- a #2 pellet will completely destroy a snipe. With 6 steel though I went 8 for 9 on snipe on Saturday.