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Once in a Lifetime #8219690 09/20/24 10:39 AM 09/20/24 10:39 AM
Joined: Aug 2009 NE C conibearguy OP trapper
conibearguy OP trapper C Joined: Aug 2009 NE	I got potentially a once in a lifetime bird last night. I was tickled pink to say the least! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/pHcuSKRc5EoWaukF/

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: conibearguy] #8219700 09/20/24 10:57 AM 09/20/24 10:57 AM
Joined: Jul 2017 PA W w side rd 151 trapper
w side rd 151 trapper W Joined: Jul 2017 PA	Always fun to do something you never did before However I always say if it happened once there is a greater chance it will happen again due to your prior experiences The only way to find out if it was a once in a lifetime event is to keep after them until you at completely convinced you will not get any more or better yet get some more

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: conibearguy] #8219729 09/20/24 11:51 AM 09/20/24 11:51 AM
Joined: Jan 2009 Idaho, Lemhi County G Gulo "On The Other Hand"
Gulo "On The Other Hand" G Joined: Jan 2009 Idaho, Lemhi County	I'm not on farcebook. What'd you get? Books for sale on Amazon, Barnes & Noble etc. Poetic Injustice The Last Hunt Wild Life Long Way Home Fishin' Stories

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: conibearguy] #8219733 09/20/24 12:00 PM 09/20/24 12:00 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Northern Maine	Congrats NRA,NTA,MTA,FTA #1 goal=Trap a wolverine

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: conibearguy] #8219751 09/20/24 12:47 PM 09/20/24 12:47 PM
Joined: May 2018 SW Georgia W Wanna Be trapper
Wanna Be trapper W Joined: May 2018 SW Georgia	Only once in a lifetime if you never hunt for them. If you go hunt for them, then they’d be an everyday bird. Congrats! Is it a once in a lifetime for your area?

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: Wanna Be] #8219764 09/20/24 01:09 PM 09/20/24 01:09 PM
Joined: Aug 2009 NE C conibearguy OP trapper
conibearguy OP trapper C Joined: Aug 2009 NE	Originally Posted by w side rd 151 Always fun to do something you never did before However I always say if it happened once there is a greater chance it will happen again due to your prior experiences The only way to find out if it was a once in a lifetime event is to keep after them until you at completely convinced you will not get any more or better yet get some more Definitely going to keep chases those rail. Just hope another one can be a Virginia rail eventually. Originally Posted by Gulo I'm not on farcebook. What'd you get? It was a Virginia rail. Originally Posted by Bruce T Congrats Thank you! Originally Posted by Wanna Be Only once in a lifetime if you never hunt for them. If you go hunt for them, then they’d be an everyday bird. Congrats! Is it a once in a lifetime for your area? Decent pocket of rails in my area. They are almost exclusively Sora rail, however, and this was my first Virginia rail. HOWEVER, I think my fiancé managed to capture one on camera walking around in the reeds behind us while duck hunting last weekend.

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: conibearguy] #8219777 09/20/24 01:37 PM 09/20/24 01:37 PM
Joined: Jun 2022 Manitoba Shakeyjake trapper
Shakeyjake trapper Joined: Jun 2022 Manitoba	Good stuff! I got my first Sand Hill Crane and first banded goose that flew over our decoys last weekend too. Wind Blew, crap flew, out came the line crew

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: conibearguy] #8219801 09/20/24 02:32 PM 09/20/24 02:32 PM
Joined: Apr 2024 W Mich L Leroy Bob trapper
Leroy Bob trapper L Joined: Apr 2024 W Mich	How do they eat?

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: Leroy Bob] #8219835 09/20/24 03:32 PM 09/20/24 03:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 ND grumley701 trapper
grumley701 trapper Joined: Dec 2011 ND	Originally Posted by Leroy Bob How do they eat? Similar to robin… On a serious note they are much like a woodcock. Pure Blood

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: grumley701] #8219841 09/20/24 03:43 PM 09/20/24 03:43 PM
Joined: Aug 2009 NE C conibearguy OP trapper
conibearguy OP trapper C Joined: Aug 2009 NE	Originally Posted by Shakeyjake Good stuff! I got my first Sand Hill Crane and first banded goose that flew over our decoys last weekend too. That's awesome! Ribeye of the scky! Originally Posted by Leroy Bob How do they eat? I think pretty similar to dove. I cook my rails and snipe together with the doves and can't tell the difference (other than a rail breast is like the size of a sparrow). The Virginia rail is going to make a trip to the taxidermist. Originally Posted by grumley701 Originally Posted by Leroy Bob How do they eat? Similar to robin… On a serious note they are much like a woodcock. Really hoping to bag a woodcock here in Nebraska this year. There are spots they stop "supposedly" in our state. I've never seen one ever anywhere in person. Also see the ND location. Can't wait to be up there in a month. Love that little yearly trip. Upland and waterfowl paradise.

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: conibearguy] #8219845 09/20/24 03:47 PM 09/20/24 03:47 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 ND grumley701 trapper
grumley701 trapper Joined: Dec 2011 ND	It’s going to be a banner year for pheasants.. Let me know when you’re up, maybe we can meet up? Pure Blood

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: grumley701] #8219852 09/20/24 04:10 PM 09/20/24 04:10 PM
Joined: Aug 2009 NE C conibearguy OP trapper
conibearguy OP trapper C Joined: Aug 2009 NE	Originally Posted by grumley701 It’s going to be a banner year for pheasants.. Let me know when you’re up, maybe we can meet up? I'll send you a message.

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: conibearguy] #8219894 09/20/24 05:31 PM 09/20/24 05:31 PM
Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio.	Here's Conibearguy's bird. Keith

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: KeithC] #8219900 09/20/24 05:37 PM 09/20/24 05:37 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co. W walleyed trapper
walleyed trapper W Joined: Feb 2010 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co.	It looks like the Snipe we were often sent hunting for at Boy Scout Camp !!! "Provisional/Interim" member of NYSTA "I Support Non-Resident Trapping"

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: conibearguy] #8220780 09/22/24 12:34 AM 09/22/24 12:34 AM
Joined: Jan 2014 Virginia 5 52Carl trapper
52Carl trapper 5 Joined: Jan 2014 Virginia	Those are so thick around here we kill them with sticks. We just walk into a marsh thicket and begin a swingin, blindly. You have to know when to quit, lest you go over your limit. We call them marsh hens round here. We musta you up a bunch of lifetimes for a bunch of fellers I reckon. Last edited by 52Carl; 09/22/24 12:36 AM.

Re: Once in a Lifetime [Re: KeithC] #8221430 09/23/24 08:33 AM 09/23/24 08:33 AM
Joined: Aug 2009 NE C conibearguy OP trapper
conibearguy OP trapper C Joined: Aug 2009 NE	Originally Posted by KeithC Here's Conibearguy's bird. Keith Thank you, Keith!

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