WOW - no wonder they are or were so popular for shooting in England.
Our snipe, which look so similar to woodcock, are even smaller.
I put 27 Snipe (1 shot with 2ounces of 8 1/2's) breasts on a patter in our large microwave (long time ago) setting the timer for 5 minutes.
When the bell went off, I took them out, 27 small 1" diameter black stones. Too long in the NUKE I think?
The snipe were all on a little hump of black mud sticking out of the lake, near shore. The pattern covered the whole mud lump from side to side.
2 or maybe 3 birds flew away, unscathed. They must have been just under the top on the other side.