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Why dont you see more woodcock engravings? I see more ducks engraved than any other species, even on subgauge guns. Is woodcock shooting a regional thing, similar to the shorter bamboo rods from the catskills of that era?
Last edited by RARiddell; 03/12/16 07:28 AM.
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My completely uneducated response:
Woodcock aren't as widely distributed and are harder to hunt with less payoff (lbs per bird) than ducks, so I think duck hunting is probably more popular. Sub gauges with duck engravings do seem a little funny though...
Chapuis and Merkel both engrave woodcocks. I only know that because those two brands are the two I'm considering as my "big" shotgun purchase.
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Lefever and Foxes have some woodcock engraving. Bobby
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Sub gauges with duck engravings do seem a little funny though... As are 8 and 10 bore Parkers with woodcock engraving.
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Sub gauges with duck engravings do seem a little funny though... As are 8 and 10 bore Parkers with woodcock engraving. Ah, the "pink mist" guns.
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W/O seeing one, I'd suggest that some of those birds on the big Parkers are snipe.
Then there are the elusive 'flying turnips' seen on some guns;-) So who knows what the inspiration was at the time? I used to shoot w/a gentleman that had a train engraved on his gun. To my knowledge, he never bagged one:-)
Last edited by tw; 03/12/16 01:00 PM. Reason: mirth
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We definitely need a like button for some of these posts. Thanks guys for your reply.
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Woodcock? Here's one on the bottom of a "widow&sons" J.J. Sarasqueta of mine: 
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From mid-1915 on the Flues Model through the end of the NID, Ithaca had this Woodcock like bird on the right side of their No. 2, in everything from .410-bore to Magnum-Ten. Here on a 28-gauge and Super-Ten NIDs -- 
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[quote=Geo. Newbern]Woodcock? Here's one on the bottom of a "widow&sons" J.J. Sarasqueta of mine:
Those pointy tip wings make this bird a snipe.
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