
As in the past, the best individual count was made the latter 
part of January. A woodcock point was made for each 0.5 hours 
afield on January 25. Table 2 shows the dates of the best indi- 
vidual counts 1919-50 to 1955-56. Days of best counts have varied 
from January 13 to February 5. 
Woodcock were still present in the area on February 1) when 
the last count was made. 
Table 2. 
Dates of Highest Woodcock Counts with Bird Dogs, Winters 1919-50 
Through 1955-56 


Winter Date of Highest Count Hours per Woodcock 
1949-50 February 5, 1950 0.33 (20 minutes ) 
1950~51 January 15, 1951 0.26 (15 minutes ) 
1951-52 January 17, 1952 0.25 (15 minutes) 
1952-53 January 25, 1953 O.11 ( 7 minutes) 
1953-5), January 13, 195) O.40 (2h minutes ) 
1954-55 January 29, 1955 6.25 (15 minutes) 
1955-56 January 25, 1956 0.50 (30 minutes ) 

Summary Winter Counts.--From November through February 1h, 
116.1 hours were spent in the field with dogs; 2 woodcock points 
were made. For the period, the dogs averaged a point each 2.7 
hours afield. 
The counts indicate fewer woodcock using the longleaf pine 
area of west-central Louisiana in 1955-56 than in 195-55. For in 
195h-55, the dogs averaged a woodcock point for each 1.1 hours in 
123.5 hours of field work (Table 3). 
Inventory figures for the last seven seasons are summarized 
in Table 3. In four of the seven winters, the dogs averaged a 
woodcock point for about each hour afield; these winters were 
1949-50, 1950-51, 1952-53 and 195-55. In three of the seasons, 
1951-52, 1953-5 and 1955-56, the dogs averaged a point for about 
each two hours afield. The 1955-56 season shows up as the poorest 
in the seven years with an average of a point for each 2.7 hours 
of dog work. 
