Monday, January 12, 2004

Be a Timberdoodle Dandy If you are a woodcock hunter, then you love thick alders, black dirt, close-working dogs and open-bored shotguns that come up fast and shoot where you look. You also love the little bird that most people say is not worth the bother, but you and I know way better, right? In his December column in Michigan Outdoor News, Steve Griffin tells about a new group called Woodcock Limited, so called because its founders voluntarily limit their kill of woodcock, while working toward a better future for the bird. Focused on the Great Lakes region, WL has among its board members, Steve Smith, publisher of Pointing Dog Journal and John Bruggink, former USFWS woodcock biologist who now teaches at Northern Michigan University. Annual membership dues are only...Well, why not check it out yourself? Stop back regularly for more tidbits like this on news in the outdoors, and visit my website for new outdoor products and an occasional feature, like this month's piece on Lake Michigan steelhead fishing. (BTW, as promised two days ago, Dan's Mall now offers Sling-it!TM Thanks to speedy webmaster Les Booth, creator of Arthur O'Fieldstream's Journal.) And if you haven't visited that most prolific of outdoor writers (and now writer-turned-blogger) lately, check out Dave Richey's site and click on Dave's Outdoor Blog for tips on keeping live bait alive in winter (No, you don't put your waxies in your mouth!) and thoughts on Michigan cougars. Later... 9:05:54 PM    comment []