Should be some in eastern KS, Last Dollar. I read an article from the guy who was then the outdoor writer for the Omaha paper about hunting them along the Missouri. I'd shot quite a few in eastern Iowa but did not know about hunting them farther west. Drove out there and hunted public areas--mostly old chutes, often choked with willows--right along the Missouri on the Iowa side. Had what would have been a 3 species hunt. Killed woodcock, and also had quail and pheasants pointed--but the season on the latter two wasn't yet open. I think there's a pretty good migration route along the Big Sioux/Missouri etc between SD, NE and IA, and I expect they continue on south following rivers in eastern KS. I know they shoot them in east TX too.
Snipe are like woodcock with a jet booster. Same family, but woodcock moved farther away from the shore thousands of years ago. Sometimes you find them in the same places, but snipe seem to prefer wet and open, while woodcock like slightly damp and brushy.
Last edited by L. Brown; 03/09/12 10:25 AM.
