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What a difference a little moisture and a good frost can make when it comes to chukar hunting. Three days ago the rain came and attitudes started getting better. Although I spent that day following Conner around, looking for that big buck that never showed, my heart was thinking about being on the mountain withContinue reading “Moisture and frost”

Before I get into bird vests, I’ll pass on my findings on my last two chukar hunts. First off, after 9 o’clock, it’s hot and the dogs are wearing down. As I walk through the sage and tall grasses, there is a mist of dust and pollen that is even blocking my sinus so IContinue reading “Chukar vest”

Holy cow, it’s hot out there. The temperature gauge says it’s only 79 degrees, but it feels more like 90. The dogs and I were on the mountain at 8 and my truck said it was a cool 44 degrees as we headed up the hill. Sad thing was we were going to be onContinue reading “Pace maker”

It’s come to my attention that there are still some readers that keep up with me through my old blog “Tuckers Chukars”. Tickles the heck out of me. I just thought I might pass on that “The reigning chukar champions” and “Tuckers Chukars” are pretty much the same site. I just moved on to theContinue reading “Tuckers Chukars”

One of the truth’s we learned in chukar hunting 101 is that there is usually no easy way to hunt chukars. You may find some easy birds once in a while but if you average 10% on easy birds you are pretty lucky. But supposedly there are tricks you can adapt to that might increaseContinue reading “Chukar hunting 101 1/2”

It’s been tough watching September go by without at least one chukar hunt, but I ALMOST didn’t get out this month. With today only supposed to be 70 degrees for a high and cloud cover this morning I got up early for a local hunt. My expectations weren’t too high and here’s the way theContinue reading “Finally”

On my last post Caleb asked a question of me. “How do you get over the loss of your dogs?” Something I’ll bet at least 50% of all of my readers have had to do at least once. It’s never easy and for most of us, especially me, there are many tears involved. I don’tContinue reading “Caleb McIlmoil”

One thing I have always tried to do is to keep a positive attitude on writing about, talking about and pursuing chukars. It’s always been easy to stay that way because of the country, the birds and the dogs. But this heat has really got me down. Spending the first two thirds of September withContinue reading “My Oh My”

After 20 days in the desert, with a few days off in the middle, Conner finally sealed the deal with an unusual bull and some good meat to bring home. Before I tell the story I’ll tell you what I have heard about the chukars. Every report I have gotten was good. Lot’s of birdsContinue reading “We’re back”

I have been on an elk hunt with my grandson. He drew a great bull tag down in the Owyhees and I’ve packed up all my old elk hunting stuff and am going to be helping him for the month. It’s an archery tag and the country is going to be tough hunting unless IContinue reading “For the love of dogs”