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Once again, “it ain’t gonna happen”. My two hunts this week are proof that we will never go away. I’ll combine the two hunts because they were similar in weather, steepness, miles dog work, etc. I went four miles both days, Jake tripled my distance and Grady went 4 1/2 what I did. My elevationContinue reading “The demise of the chukar hunter”

I could make it a short post by saying “it ain’t gonna happen”. But being so beat up lately, I’m going to post my beliefs and experiences on why I believe we don’t have to worry much about it. Seems like due to my sore body I’ve been posting almost as much as hunting. FirstContinue reading “The demise of chukar”

Greg and I finally made our trip down into the deep Owyhee’s. The trip in was a little cooler than expected, -1 at the summit, but the sun shining where we started our hunt made the 13 degree temperature not seem so bad. We parked the rig and let the dogs out. Greg had hisContinue reading “A little comedy”

I finally took that hunting trip with my bride that I’ve been wanting to do for years. We took off towards Brownlee reservoir where we planned on hunting for two days and then travel to a new spot. We had planned on being gone for two weeks with no planned destinations, except for somewhere thatContinue reading “Chukars have a mind of their own.”

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”