Ruffed Grouse & Woodcock Combo Limit

My Dog Hunts - Upland Birds

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This was in the "good ol' days" of ruffed grouse hunting in southeast Minnesota. Back when the daily bag limit for woodcock was 5 birds. Hunting with a buddy Russ and his lab Char, we shot 19 ruffs and 14 woodcock in two days of hunting.
I had tried for several years for this combination limit. It was tough because it was a lucky day for me to even see five woodcock in a long day of hunting. I've been told that was because the majority of migraters funneled down the Mississippi River bottomlands, rather than dispersed across the landscape as they are further north. Another case of me trying to shoot birds where they weren't.
I've had good luck, sometimes underserved, that's allowed me to take a few of my dual limits, but this was exceptional luck.