What were you using for bait? Northern snipes like their bait covered in BBQ sauce, honey, or ketchup. The southern, or Tex Mex snipe, prefers guacamole.
Also what libation did the hunting party have prior to, and during the hunt? Snipes HATE to see flashlight beams shining through brown glass. If you were drinking beer out of brown bottles, you had no chance at all. Next time, have the hunting party put the brewskis in those colored plastic cups. The light won't shine through them and scare the snipes off.
Oh... if you were smoking... They only like cherry flavored pipe smoke. Every other kind will run them off.
Better luck next time.
