In many parts of Pennsylvania, outdoor pranksters still play a joke known as a snipe hunt on naïve newbies. Sometime after sunset the pranksters announce that the group is going on a snipe hunt. Some ...

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 ...

For more than 170 years, people have been duped into “snipe hunting.” A rite of passage for campers and scouts, the mark is led into darkened woods and instructed to remain motionless while holding an ...

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 ...

How many of you have ever been on a snipe hunt? A few of us who grew up in the Midwest or East probably have had a session in the woods at night holding onto a burlap sack and calling for a snipe. I ...

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 ...

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 ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei’s Shezidao Wetland has recorded a surge in migratory bird activity, including rare sightings of ...

This story, “Back to the Bogs,” appeared in the June 1972 issue of Outdoor Life. “Do you know the bogs at all, Mr. Riley?” asked a member of the Garryricken Club in Kilkenny as he sent me out on my ...

Last year, I watched my son shoot his first buck during the firearm season. I witnessed covey rises and pheasant flushes. I watched the sun rise on a Missouri River duck hunt and the sun set during ...