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 ...

As migratory birds, woodcock will seem to magically appear in a cover and be gone as suddenly as the came, as if to make sue no one takes them for granted. On a tough day of grouse hunting ...

A lifetime in the outdoors has taught me there is no truer form of hunting than the pursuit of ruffed grouse and woodcock. The birds are wild, so wild they can't be raised in captivity.

And I wouldn’t miss it for the world, especially now that woodcock hunting again begins September 15, after being delayed a week or so for many years. Ruffed grouse are classy; woodcock are ...

In all of the different types of game animals I have pursued, a woodcock was not on the list. I have encountered them on many other hunting excursions, but they have never been the sole target of ...

I’m a woodcock hunter. I keep in practice by shooting pigeons. My son tosses them in the air for me. I miss most that fly directly over my head. But when I center one with my 12-gauge Ithaca ...

Ask any hunter, and you’ll get the same answer as to the year’s most magical time: October. Stunning colors, brisk evenings, deer, ducks, geese, squirrels, rabbits, and — those two jewels ...

Eagle outdoors columnist Gene Chague provides all the hunting dates and details you need to know entering the fall season. Skip to main content You are the owner of this article. Edit Article Add New ...