Author Archives: jakeandgrady

With all the news I’m hearing from others about seeing birds out there, I finally had some good results. Most of the reports I have gotten were from road sightings and I had a few of them myself. But me and the dogs finally got some good reports from the field. In our last twoContinue reading “Finally”

About this time of the year, I start seeing more fires in chukar country. This year is no different, and there are plenty of fires burning right now. Just a quick reminder. If you hunt specific places, you might spend some time looking at fire maps to make sure your area hasn’t burned up beforeContinue reading “Fires”

Went out today, driving the roads, looking for a bullsnake to teach Layne snake avoidance. As hot as it’s been, I should have realized there was no reason for snakes to be out on the roads to warm up. Saw a few very old and smashed snakes on the road, but I need a live,Continue reading “Sometimes doing the wrong thing becomes right”

I got a request from Cale to see some of the videos on the game Cam Conner put out a couple of years ago in the Stanley area. He was preparing for an archery elk hunt, but a fire came through two weeks after placing the camera, ending that hunt’s possibilities. Two years later, weContinue reading “Conner’s game cam”

I just got back from 8 days in the Stanley Basin area. We camped with Conner’s girlfriend, Amaia, and her family. Relived some of our archery elk hunts, fished, hiked, and just had a great time. No chukars in that area, but there were some franklin grouse, I believe, and Layne learned how to pointContinue reading “Good news”

This is mainly for those who travel to Idaho and eastern Oregon to hunt. They don’t get to see much of what the Idaho weather was like the last two days. We get a lot of thunderstorms during the summers here, but not like those that rolled through the valley last night and this morning.Continue reading “Update”

Wow! It sounds like I’m going to be eating crow. I figured I knew everything there is about chukars. Obviously, I don’t know much. I heard from a very reliable source that there are a lot of young chukar chicks out there. I still haven’t seen one and have to admit I’ve seen very fewContinue reading “Apology”

I don’t like posting negative things that might keep others off the Chukar Mountains, but the cover is extremely high this year. That’s great for the hunting season, once the seeds have fallen. If we don’t have bad fires, the birds will have plenty of cover to hide in. But as the cheat dries, asContinue reading “Cheat grass and other fox tails”

I wish I could say we found some baby chukars, but I haven’t seen any yet. But yesterday, Conner and I took a drive and a hike and saw some baby turkeys, big enough to fly up into the tree. We also had a female Ryff grouse trying to lead us away from a certainContinue reading “Babies”

As you can see, things are drying out fast. These things are ready to grab onto anything they can and then work their way deeper. Especially in between the toes and in the ears. Check your dog regularly or prepare for some expensive visits to the vets. It’s going to be a very bad yearContinue reading “Beware”