Chasing timberdoodles offers a great way to save face in the ruffed grouse woods.
It can be tough to tell the difference between a Wilson’s snipe and an American woodcock.
The timberdoodle migration is underway, so target this fleeting upland opportunity while they’re moving through north country.
Michigan’s grouse season runs Sept. 15 to Nov. 14 and Dec. 1 to Jan. 1. Woodcock, a migratory bird, have an abbreviated season, Sept. 23 to Nov. 6.
Skip the snipe hunts and be amazed at the mysterious mating rituals of a remarkable gamebird, the timberdoodle … “Peent!”
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