Woodcock and snipe are different birds as well as the habitat they use. Snipe are smaller than a Woodcock. Snipe like wide open spaces generally, mudflats, muddy fields etc..... Woodcock like thick woody wet lowlands. Our farm has both birds at times, I'll see groups of snipe flying low and sweeping in small flocks diving around the large muddy areas of cropland. Used to kill them on mudlflats on the river. Occasionally I'll see Woodcock diving into the neighbors hardwoods that are 12-15 years old or around the duck hole where ashe is growing.

They both taste similar to dove, I used to hunt Woodcock at Seven-Mile WMA in the 80s with a Weimaraner, the hardwood strips between the fields. We hunted woodcock and grouse in WI, differing habitats for those 2 birds as well. Grouse in the uplands of slow growing new growth of cutovers. Similar areas but in the bottoms for the woodcock, occasionally both birds would be in the transitioning zones. We used to shoot snipe on the edges of the swamp and pasture after duck hunting when lead shot was still legal. I always breasted them out but a guy I know comes thru chasing the Timberdoodles down to LA. He fillets each breast off the bone and grills them, only seasoning with olive oil. Cooked rare they are mighty fine and similar to filet mignon.

Hardcore hunters count flushes for Timberdoodles like Grouse hunters do, hunting areas so thick its rare to see the bird for more than a second or two. Snap shooting is a how its done. Snipe are generally wide open and ducking and diving much quicker than any dove ever thought of trying.