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 ...

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana–If really a woodcock hunter, you have to hunt Louisiana. As the weather gets colder and the ground freezes, woodcock migrate south, leaving northern states like Pennsylvania for ...

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 ...

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 ...

MONTPELIER — Vermont's hunting season for ruffed grouse or "partridge," is Sept. 27 through Dec. 31 this year. The daily limit is four grouse with a possession limit of eight. The Vermont woodcock ...

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 ...

Last year the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources sold 230,000 resident small-game licenses, fewer than 10% of which were issued to women. Only a small minority of Minnesota women chase ducks, ...

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, ...

Upland game bird managers in Minnesota are logging trees and mowing down brush to create better habitat for grouse and American woodcock this year in a trio of locations, including state-owned ...