Author Archives: jakeandgrady

I had to post this one to brag on my boys. The professor from Boise State who is doing research on chukars and one of her students wanted to go on a chukar hunt. She had never hunted behind dogs before. Neither Jake or Grady has ever hunted with anyone but Conner or me. AlthoughContinue reading “A special hunt.”

This is likely to be my last big post. I spent a great day on the mountain yesterday with the camera, gun and two great dogs. I was hoping to get enough action to show why I love chukar hunting so much, and because of the dogs I got the day I was hoping for.Continue reading “Chukars are hard”

Barb and I made a trip down to Jordan Valley, Oregon the past four days to hopefully bring some chukar meat home for dinner. It’s always cold down there but I wasn’t ready for the cold along with the fog. Day 1 was below 10 degrees when Darin from North Carolina and I got toContinue reading “Let’s talk cold.”

Chukar hunting, as in all hunting, isn’t always fun. Take the day before Thanksgiving’s trip for a North Carolina chukar hunter, Darin Rice. I had never met Darin personally, but had several texts and phone calls with him. We were hoping to get together this week and maybe share a camp and talk chukars andContinue reading “Not always rosy.”

I suppose all animals are amazing when it comes to their instincts, but I’m wondering how bird dogs and particularly chukar dogs know where to go. On a recent hunt, my gun hand wasn’t working too well so I spent time just watching while cradling my over and under in my arms. I watched theContinue reading “How do they know”

No matter how many times a bird hunter walks up on a pointing dog, it never seems to lose it’s excitement. Anyhow, I know that holds true for me. Yesterday was a testament to that fact for me. I went to yet another spot hoping to find some birds and hoping that my trigger handContinue reading “Dogs on point”

17 days after my not too smart accident found me on the hill chasing chukars with the boys. Although I got more miles in than expected, production was pretty poor. Mainly because of my inability to get to the dogs when they had birds. The good news is that there were plenty of birds toContinue reading “I tried”

I’m bored to death trying to recover but still dreaming about getting out there with you chasing chukars. I’m hearing great things and hoping you all are having fun. Just a short clip showing some turkeys chasing mormon crickets. This is what chukar chicks look like chasing grass hoppers. I’ve never got a chance toContinue reading “Insects”

Thanks for all of the prayers and kind thoughts. I’m still smarting some but at least I have good thoughts of being on the hill in the fairly near future. Vivian Chan brought a thought to me about emergency beacons. They don’t do you much good if you don’t have them close enough to getContinue reading “A reminder”