Snipe season is over Feb 15

[okierider]

Going to have to rethink my whole knowledge base LOL !!!!!! going to have a long hard conversation with certain family members.
While looking at the snipe pics I found myself looking for antlers ............. like on the jackalope.
Have not thought about Snipe hunting in years , great thread.

 

[Sniper John]

Dennis,
You do know snipe season in Ok ends the middle of Jan, not Feb. The hunting show must have been based in TX where it ends in Feb. I hunt them in both states. Sometimes on different sides of the same lake depending on the season dates. Last week I hunted 6 out of 8 days, 40 birds total.

 

[dennishoddy]

Dennis,
You do know snipe season in Ok ends the middle of Jan, not Feb. The hunting show must have been based in TX where it ends in Feb. I hunt them in both states. Sometimes on different sides of the same lake depending on the season dates. Last week I hunted 6 out of 8 days, 40 birds total.

You're correct. Jan 15. Good to see you back on the forum. Always love the heck out of your photo's. Great quality.

 

[BryanDP]

So Snipe hunting is a real thing? Nope. Not going to fall for that again.

Bryan

 

[dennishoddy]

So Snipe hunting is a real thing? Nope. Not going to fall for that again.

Bryan

LOL, it sure is the real deal. We don't have them in the Northern part of the state where I live.
I've fallen for the "other" snipe hunting too.

 

[BryanDP]

LOL, it sure is the real deal. We don't have them in the Northern part of the state where I live.
I've fallen for the "other" snipe hunting too.

I learned about "snipe hunting" in cub scouts and actually never fell for it but until this thread I didn't know that it was indeed a real thing. When I was about 3 or 4 my dad told me that if I could put salt on a bird's tail I could catch it. There is somewhere a photo of me of me with a salt shaker, a big bag (for the birds) and a worn out look on my face. By the time I knew what had been done to me I thought it was funny.

 

[dennishoddy]

I learned about "snipe hunting" in cub scouts and actually never fell for it but until this thread I didn't know that it was indeed a real thing. When I was about 3 or 4 my dad told me that if I could put salt on a bird's tail I could catch it. There is somewhere a photo of me of me with a salt shaker, a big bag (for the birds) and a worn out look on my face. By the time I knew what had been done to me I thought it was funny.

I chased some robins around the yard one time with a salt shaker. I'm sure my parents, and the uncle that actually promoted the "incident" had a great laugh.
I have proudly passed this tradition along to my sons, and now grandkids along with eating the early persimmons that are really sweet.

 

[Sniper John]

You're correct. Jan 15. Good to see you back on the forum. Always love the heck out of your photo's. Great quality.

Thanks Dennis. I did not realize how long it's been till I participated here until I logged in and saw a private message from 2012 that I had not replied to. 5 years ago I had my dog Dash above as a pup out at my hunting lease during Turkey season. Got a puncture wound to my leg from a cable hook. Then 5 hours later it was the beginning of a long fight for my life and my leg with necrotising fasciitis and severe sepsis.
The whole ordeal had let the wind out of sails for a while I guess. Older forum members that remember my Vizsla Blaze. She is still around, blind from a tick disease and can't hear well, but happy and well in retirement. Dash, aka SHR Vermilion Dash Rip Rock JHA NAVHDA Prize 1 is a nephew to Blaze.