Yes, I was amazed at how small the North American woodcock are as compared to the European version which is the size of a dove. When I was a boy,in England, I was told by my grandfather never to shoot at a woodcock as a "walking gun" in a formal shoot, as the 'cocks flew a twisty flight at head height and I might shoot someone.
As milord did in the shooting party film. I never did eat woodcock or snipe guts on toast, as some of my social superiors did, but we did hang our pheasants for a couple of weeks. In a cool place!
