Most people have heard of the old "snipe hunt" ruse used to initiate greenhorns to the outdoors. The gag consists of outfitting the nimrod with paper sack and flashlight and then sending the fool into ...

Most of us have heard the age-old story about going out on a “snipe hunt,” a rite of passage meant to be a joke. Here’s how it typically works: The snipe hunt leaders give the unsuspecting victim a ...

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust has new data from common snipe birds being tracked as part of a project to map ...

You can be had. And then there's what happened to Danny DiPaula and J.R. Bachman at the Pequea Valley Sportsmen Association on a recent night. Yes, one of the oldest pranks of all time - snipe hunting ...

Seven common snipe have been fitted with GPS trackers as part of a project led by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust ...

A short fortnight ago we dove headlong into the American tradition of the snipe hunt. If you missed that column I suggest you dig through the garage racks, the kitty litter stacks or explore the ...

What’s in a name? For birds, the scientific, or Latin, name is selected by the person who discovers and describes a species, but the common name evolves organically and can differ regionally. The name ...