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I'm right there with you on not being able to hit one. I about wore out a borrowed 20 gauge single-shot Winchester 37 before I finally hit one. In that regard for me very little has changed.

Now that I think about it . . . they do kind of have the same colors (ha!) . . . all black and white. They're very tasty!!! Medium size ducks . . . hard to hit like teal. They fly low and fast! Merry Christmas Curt

Looked like Tuxedos to me!

Welcome to the forum dfhofert, hope your having a great Christmas and will post your hunts in the days and weeks to come. Merry Christmas, Irish Snipe

I suspected that's what they were, but my eyes just can't make many of the small avatars out, (not just yours), even with my glasses on. I've never shot a bufflehead, but have seen flocks of them on the bay here, and on the santee lakes in S. Carolina when I lived there. I didn't know they were a good-eating duck ... but whenever somebody around my area bags one, they typically want to get it mounted anyway. I know that if...

I hope you are able to get out and find a few snipe.

OK, here you go. I flew snipe Sunday and my wife took some good video. This will give you an idea of how the hunting goes. Doc did not catch a snipe but he ended up catching a dove that flushed after numerous stoops on snipe. You'll see a blistering stoop in slow motion that shows the speed of a peregrine. The dove catch is very blurry but you'll see him grab a bird in the air. You'll want to watch this video in HD mode and full...

" May the snipe be with you " ....I love this place! Merry Christmas,