Woodcock

[SpacemanSpiff]

The last few years i have been seeing woodcock while out working. Never saw them around here years ago. Saw a mama with 4-5 youngsters. Cool to see. 

[Lawdwaz]

Weird little critters for sure. Cool though.....

 

[SpacemanSpiff]

Great picture thanks for sharing. 

[Lawdwaz]

Too bad he’s standing on asphalt and not laying on my counter.  

 

[SpacemanSpiff]

  Looks like it would take 5 to make a meal. Always wanted to try them as well as pheasant. Wild turkey is amazing i can imagine they are as well. 

[ATbuckhunter]

7 hours ago, SpacemanSpiff said:

  Looks like it would take 5 to make a meal. Always wanted to try them as well as pheasant. Wild turkey is amazing i can imagine they are as well. 

I hear they're good if you dont freeze them. It would take a few to make a decent meal i think 

[Pygmy]

I have eaten lots of them over the last 55 years...I shot my first one in the early 1960s...

They are a dark meat and are nothing like pheasant, grouse or turkey....

I have said for years that if you took  an indistinguishable portion  from a breast of woodcock,  wood duck, domestic pigeon and dove, I would have trouble telling the difference...….

If you have never eaten any of those birds, I don't know what to tell you...