Very soon, within days really, male woodcock will be migrating to northern Minnesota to establish their breeding territories on what are referred to as "singing grounds." ...

ARKANSAS — “Why is it you like hunting timberdoodles?” a friend asked me. “You wear yourself out wading through mud and vines, hoping to find some little brown birds that may be there and may not. And ...

It's a weird-looking bird with a too-long beak and large eyes set high on its head, as if someone assembled it with spare parts. But fans of woodcock admire the little robin-sized game bird for its ...

There doesn’t seem to be much glamour in the life of a Timberdoodle. The peculiar-looking migratory birds are gifted with stiletto bills that appear way too large for their body, large eyes and ears ...

Woodcock (timberdoodle) hunting season opened on Oct. 4 and runs through Oct. 28. It reopens on Oct. 30 and runs through Nov. 18. It will be interesting to see how the season goes this fall, for many ...

My female Lab, Tinker, and I have suffered a dearth of 'doodles the past few seasons. While I had tried hunting them with her, the migrations simply did not materialize. I took one woodcock, which ...