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By Mike Roche“Must be a bunch of wing nuts!” was my wife’s comment about the people that this writer was flying to Alabama last week to join at the 2024 American Woodcock Wingbee.She thought that my flying down there was a little wacky, but she does...

By Mike RocheThis past weekend found me once again traveling up Interstate 91, this time to New Hampshire.My destination was the Haverhill/Woodsville area. It had been over 50 years since my boots tramped about in that part of New Hampshire. During my...

By Mike RocheThis past Tuesday was a day of firsts experienced by this writer while woodcock hunting in Massachusetts. The season for woodcock, a webless migratory bird, opened Monday. Upland bird season—pheasant and ruffed grouse—will start in the...

By Mike RocheThere are spring migratory bird hunting seasons, but they are primarily focused on snow geese, which have become a problem in many states. The snows are growing in number and they are capable of devastating a crop field in a short time....