I asked the fella training my spaniel about using flushers on snipe, and he had a macabre tale. An acquaintance used to hunt them out of a canoe, sending his springer swimming to flush the little longbeaks from high spots in some swamp or other--I think somewhere in southern Mississippi. I guess it was good while it lasted but brought to a tragic end when a gator caught pup in midstream. Winter or no, I'll likely confine snipe shooting with dog to north of the gator line.
Breasted out, they're not that different from dove or quail. If I get any this year I plan to keep them whole and pluck them. Well almost whole--not quite ready to spread snipe or woodcock innards on my toast.
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