Yet those who were caught in this gag can have one consolation: the common snipe does actually exist and is spotted in Monroe County on a rare occasion. Monroe County Environmental Education ...

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and began explaining the quarry and how we were supposed to capture them - something about snipe being very secretive, wholly nocturnal creatures that could be tricked into walking or flying into ...

They're like flying squirrels ... Snipe hunts are not to be confused with real snipe hunts. The common snipe, a relative of woodcock, are hunted in the fall in Pennsylvania.

Kathleen Tocke is curled up in the bottom of the Snipe, ­thinking she might die ... roll jibes and pole sets with explosive power punctuated by her flying ponytail. The team posts a 1-2 for ...

George not only convinced me that Wilson's (common) snipe were real ... After missing a couple more snipe that were flying away from me, I was about ready to give up and go home when two snipe ...