Dealing with Withdrawal symptoms... Shooting Snipe.

[bman]

So Duck season is over but I just dont want to put my gun down.
I'm not a deer or turkey hunter, Trout is closed. So what is a guy to do?

Chase snipe- Season is open here till the 15th.

I scouted a great area during duck season and went back yesterday to find 100s of birds.
They are perfectly camouflaged for their environment.


Much easier to find in the water


A limit of 8 Snipe shot with my Uncle Walters Remington Model 11 20 gage. The gun is at least 63 years old.

The are crazy challenging to shoot- they either flush way early or wait till you just passed them to jump.
They let out a BARK when they flush and fly very erratically.

A little about the gun: [url]http://www.wisnersinc.com/additional_in ... 11.htm[url]
I shot my first duck with it as a kid. Its recoil and weight are light. I love hearing the old mechanism cachunk every time I pull the trigger!

[Juan]

I thought you needed a burlap sack and a garbage can lid to catch a snipe?

[RiverRunner]

A quick video of a Snipe on Lake Jackson.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaIE4tXZwMs[/video]
I could have just jumped out the boat and caught it, If I had a burlap sack. HAHAHA

[bman]

I shot this earlier in the season on the same pond I hunted on...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RgOi6gNQfA[/video]
There are just a few birds there

[silverking]

Do you eat snipe? Does it taste like chicken?

[Jumptrout51]

Poor snipe.

[Allnighter]

They taste like a quail to me. I had completely forgotten that they were still in season, I might give them a try one afternoon this week. Also I dont know what that is in the first video but its not a snipe. They are way smaller and would have blown out of there way before getting that close.

[MudDucker]

Haven't hunted snipe in years. Awesome bird and hard to hit!

Not enough around here, so I've switched to quail. Hard to put the smoke pole down.

[KyTrkyHntr]

I'm not a turkey hunter.

Dude!!!!


Cool post!!!