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<blockquote data-quote="svnmag" data-source="post: 499171" data-attributes="member: 330">Sent a 1/2 ton of lead at them over my life.&nbsp; Never connected:&nbsp; Shot a damn WOODCOCK IN WV while hunting rabbit--WTH?!!&nbsp; This is a great pic and seemingly a &quot;White Whale&quot; to me.&nbsp; These birds make me consider fly fishing same as ring neck.FUN ANECDOTE:&nbsp; Back in the day; back in the Hills:&nbsp; &quot;We&quot; grew up hearing our grandads, dads and uncles referring to these birds as &quot;pheasant&quot;:&nbsp;&nbsp; We followed behind our idols after squirrel and occasionally got shocked by a flush/speed of shot/noise/dead bird.&nbsp; MY first experience was a flushed turkey in the evening after we crested a ridge in beech.&nbsp; Others had experiences in cherry; deep enough to stain their boots.&nbsp; We got subscriptions to FS/OL and were educated.&nbsp; We were &quot;smart ass&quot; for saying &quot;grouse&quot;.&nbsp; I wonder how/why ruffs weren't monikered &quot;partridge&quot; (North) or &quot;quail&quot; (South):&nbsp; It was an isolated region:&nbsp;&nbsp; Our cousins tend to have hot attributes.&nbsp; It didn't make us communist like in Maine.That is all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="svnmag, post: 499171, member: 330"] Sent a 1/2 ton of lead at them over my life. Never connected: Shot a damn WOODCOCK IN WV while hunting rabbit--WTH?!! This is a great pic and seemingly a "White Whale" to me. These birds make me consider fly fishing same as ring neck. FUN ANECDOTE: Back in the day; back in the Hills: "We" grew up hearing our grandads, dads and uncles referring to these birds as "pheasant": We followed behind our idols after squirrel and occasionally got shocked by a flush/speed of shot/noise/dead bird. MY first experience was a flushed turkey in the evening after we crested a ridge in beech. Others had experiences in cherry; deep enough to stain their boots. We got subscriptions to FS/OL and were educated. We were "smart ass" for saying "grouse". I wonder how/why ruffs weren't monikered "partridge" (North) or "quail" (South): It was an isolated region: Our cousins tend to have hot attributes. It didn't make us communist like in Maine. That is all. [/QUOTE]

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