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3-4 inches, except where drifted on the downwind, interior side of a slough, where it was 8" and crusty. I think they were only deep in the cattails because of the extra cold (1 degree to start, and maybe 6 deg by end of day). And the reason I say they were going in and out to eat is because I...

Ouch!

How did you get out? Break through the drift in one direction or somehow climb out?

I don't remember seeing one that light colored.

Nice video. Kylo seems to know what he's doing!

It was a tough day. They were staying warm deep in the cattails. I guess you didn't get the same cold as here, though.

December 20, public land hunt, SW/SC MN. Cold day. 1 degree when we started hunting, about 9:30 or so. -13 windchill, and worse on the downwind side of the interior of a large slough, with the wind picking up speed across the flat ice. It only got up to 6 above by end of the day. Long story...

Ah, like holding a bass by the lower lip. Got it.

This is interesting. I got one rooster in SW MN today. When I looked at him, I thought the upper back feathers were darker brown than usual, as well as the chest. He also had some green flecks on the sides of the chest feathers. Sure enough, when I got home, I compared him to my 3 birds from...

Same where I was.... Most near/in brushy cover.

I guess badgers don't always conquer gophers. They sometimes lose, 24 to 7. :)

Yeah, I hunted at least one place in common between last Friday and this Wed, and it was much different. And that was just with a dusting of snow. How much snow do you have down there? There was 3-4 inches where I hunted today, and it was a mix of distant and closer flushes.

Opener of the 2023-2024 season, I fell with my left foot/ankle part way in a badger hole, twice. Each time, I was worried I was going to snap something, but as I fell, the foot managed to slip back out of the holes, with a bit of pressure, but not as bad as if the ankle remained vertical and my...

December 19th, public land hunt, SW MN. 1 rooster in the bag. Knocked down just before sunset, at quite a distance, on my 3rd shot. I assumed he was winged by the way he went down. When I got up there, Honey wanted to keep going. She finally caught up to him, 70 yards or so from where he...

Grab the nearest tree branch or thicket when you flush one. The sonic boom might knock you on your butt.

Possibly a gopher first and a badger second, to eat the gopher. So many badger holes lately. Maybe lots of gophers, so more badger activity?

Thanks. This was after 2 days of being skunked last week and some gun/shooting issues that I might be overcoming. (don't want to jinx myself toooo much) This was in SC Minnesota. I got them on 2 different WMAs, in cattails. I will be hitting a WPA today in SW MN. It all depends on what is...

Very nice hunt, and shooting! Dog looks very happy with the results too.

People who think Woodcock are ugly have never seen what they look like when they get to their destination.

The boss I shot yesterday did some damage to the internals of the receiver. The receivers were 3 roosters. Definitely messed up their internals. ;) This was a modern 12 gauge, not a sweet 16.