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By Mike RocheThis past weekend provided an opportunity to cook some wild game. For a number of years, my daughter Jen has organized what was at first called a “Second Thanksgiving.” She invites her friends to our house to enjoy a second Thanksgiving...

By Mike RocheThis column is being written at the Dream Catcher Lodge in the Village of Deposit, New York, located on the Delaware River. The dogs joined me in the Silverado for the four-hour drive on Monday, and we arrived to join Chris Standish and...

By Mike Roche“Must be a bunch of wing nuts!” was my wife’s comment about the people that this writer was flying to Alabama last week to join at the 2024 American Woodcock Wingbee.She thought that my flying down there was a little wacky, but she does...

By Mike RocheThis past Tuesday was a day of firsts experienced by this writer while woodcock hunting in Massachusetts. The season for woodcock, a webless migratory bird, opened Monday. Upland bird season—pheasant and ruffed grouse—will start in the...

By Mike RocheThere are spring migratory bird hunting seasons, but they are primarily focused on snow geese, which have become a problem in many states. The snows are growing in number and they are capable of devastating a crop field in a short time....