Quote Originally Posted by Hes View Post
Absolutely glorious snowy run today marred only by the eejits out shooting...I later flushed out a woodcock but luckily nowhere near the shooting party...
I find it hard to believe that there are people who get excited about shooting such a wonderfully mysterious bird as the woodcock.

See this link... http://www.woodcock-hunting.com/#&panel1-5

And if one shoots a "right-and-a-left" (2 woodcock with one double-barreled shotgun) one can send away for a "tie, port glasses, bottle of apricot brandy, badge and scrap of fame from the Bols Snippen Club, now known as the Woodcock Club and run so well by Shooting Times" as read in this link...

http://www.shootingtimes.co.uk/featu...own_ghost.html

I guess shooters would say that if they weren't conserving woodland areas for shooting then woodcock wouldn't be around to shoot.

Sorry...I'm talkin' bollox...again!