Woodcock may be the strangest North American upland bird. They have upside-down brains, eyes on the backs of their heads, long probing beaks, red breast meat, and white leg meat. Their ...

IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA — While it's possible to hunt ducks without a dog, and pheasants and even ruffed grouse, chasing woodcock without a pointer out ahead, or even a Labrador or other flushing ...

With a long and rich tradition of upland bird hunting, Pennsylvania has been a bird-hunting destination for decades. Even with the population of wild birds declining somewhat over time, there are ...

DRUMMOND, Wis. — What a difference a few ounces makes. Woodcock hunters haven’t received the flak that mourning dove hunters have for hunting small game birds, even though the American woodcock only ...

This story, “Winging for Woodcock,” originally ran in the October 1946 issue. AS I WAS DOZING over the Sunday paper, in that blissful state of semiconsciousness that follows an active day and a good ...

Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, Minn.Donna Dustin knew the woodcock was there-somewhere-hunkered down in the brush, most likely with eggs or a brood of chicks.Knowing and finding, though, are two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sandpipers and their allies constitute one of the larger bird families in Ohio. To date, 37 species have been recorded in the ...

MILLINOCKET, Maine – For bird hunters the names roll right off the tongue: Rangeley, Jackman, Oxbow, Baxter, Round Mountain, Umbagog, Millincocket. They’re locations in northern Maine, a state ...

The migratory bird hunting seasons in Connecticut start this month and there are elements of that the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection wants residents to know about. The hunting ...

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has shared the dates for the 2023-24 migratory bird hunting seasons. The season includes hunting for ducks, geese, woodcock, snipe, ...

I grew up on a swampy peninsula near Alpena. It was incorrectly named Partridge Point. First of all, partridge in northern Michigan are not really partridge. They’re grouse, ruffed grouse to be ...