Sniping!

(Pictorial) It's triggered by fall's first frosts: the early migration of snipe from up north. Sprightly birds sifting down into marshes and wetlands and flooded pastures. Here today, gone tomorrow-providing fleeting gunning for the passionate few who pursue them. It's work, really, this sniping. A bog-trotting, boot-sucking affair, with rewards coming sporadically and in small packages. When the birds do flush, erratic flight makes them challenging marks. Brownish wisps flitting through marsh grass.

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