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<blockquote data-quote="SDMF" data-source="post: 185758" data-attributes="member: 412">Typically they'll sit in trees until the grass drys off a bit, no need to be in the woods @ the crack of dawn.&nbsp; The caveat to that would be if you have access to private land with trails, they'll head for the trails earlier because they dry quicker.Put in the most open choke you have available, Skeet or Cyl.&nbsp; Draw a line ahead of them going through the trees and shoot there, don't worry about branches etc, the pellets will get through.Win AA Super Sporting Clays or Remington STS 7.5 or 8 shot is typically what I shoot at them.&nbsp; Doesn't take much to knock them down and the good target loads pattern better than the cheapo stuff.You'll be surprised how quickly your Cocker adapts.&nbsp; If you find him ranging a bit too far, stop, step behind a tree and make him find you, 2-3 times tops and he'll stay lots closer.Assuming dogs, I don't shoot them on the ground.&nbsp; Anything after the ground however is fair game and I'm not ashamed to admit that I'll shoot them out of a tree every chance I get.&nbsp; They're too darned tasty to leave to chance.Like any other upland game bird, edges typically hold the most game.&nbsp; Edges of a trail, edges where woods transition to grass, crops, or sloughs.&nbsp; The wet transition areas are also where you'll find Woodcock (Timberdoodles, not the other thing).&nbsp; Oak ridges can hold a lot of birds but oftentimes the undergrowth is so thick that its a real pain to try to hunt them without a trail.&nbsp; If you do hunt oaks, expect birds near any bigger mature trees as typically it's cleared out a bit around them and creates an &quot;edge&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SDMF, post: 185758, member: 412"] Typically they'll sit in trees until the grass drys off a bit, no need to be in the woods @ the crack of dawn. The caveat to that would be if you have access to private land with trails, they'll head for the trails earlier because they dry quicker. Put in the most open choke you have available, Skeet or Cyl. Draw a line ahead of them going through the trees and shoot there, don't worry about branches etc, the pellets will get through. Win AA Super Sporting Clays or Remington STS 7.5 or 8 shot is typically what I shoot at them. Doesn't take much to knock them down and the good target loads pattern better than the cheapo stuff. You'll be surprised how quickly your Cocker adapts. If you find him ranging a bit too far, stop, step behind a tree and make him find you, 2-3 times tops and he'll stay lots closer. Assuming dogs, I don't shoot them on the ground. Anything after the ground however is fair game and I'm not ashamed to admit that I'll shoot them out of a tree every chance I get. They're too darned tasty to leave to chance. Like any other upland game bird, edges typically hold the most game. Edges of a trail, edges where woods transition to grass, crops, or sloughs. The wet transition areas are also where you'll find Woodcock (Timberdoodles, not the other thing). Oak ridges can hold a lot of birds but oftentimes the undergrowth is so thick that its a real pain to try to hunt them without a trail. If you do hunt oaks, expect birds near any bigger mature trees as typically it's cleared out a bit around them and creates an "edge". [/QUOTE]

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