Author Archives: jakeandgrady

I’ve decided I’m not much at making videos. Trying to walk, watch the dogs, look through the lens and catch the birds taking flight is more than I can do. Hell, I can barely walk and chew gum at the same time. So, instead of showing videos that would make you dizzy, I compiled thisContinue reading “Everything chukar”

On our walk today, Jake, Grady and I found a dead deer. It looked to have been dead for less than a week, but predators and scavengers had definitely found it. Looking the yearling doe over I couldn’t find a thing to indicate why or how it died. However, it did get me to thinkingContinue reading “The predatory instinct”

This time of the year is a lot of fun watching the dogs finding and pointing birds. There are still lot’s of pairs scattered and available to treat your dogs to a good time. But have you considered coming in on the point in the direction that might offer you a better chance of successContinue reading “Training for the shot”

One of the things I like about German Shorthair Pointers is their sleek coat. No, it doesn’t do much for going into the water on cool days. All five of my shorthairs like swimming but as soon as the temperature drops they put their toes in the water and say no way. It does helpContinue reading “Muscle groups”

Yes, it’s that time of the year again. On our walk two days ago I found two of these insects walking on me. I checked the dogs over and didn’t find any on them but I’m sure they will start picking up a few as the season progresses. We will start putting Front Line onContinue reading “Ticks”

I got an interesting email from Tim Nelsen today and I thought it might be of interest to dog owners. Here it is. I was out for a trail run with Cambree (my 1 year old Pudelpointer). She was off leash about 125 yards away when I heard a lot of high pitch barking. IContinue reading “Coyotes”

On a previous post, Tim asked me my feelings about training on wild birds in the spring. There are many views about being out on the mountain during the Spring months. One reader on Tuckers Chukars was down right indignant about chasing chukars after the season. He felt I put stress on the birds. IContinue reading “Training on wild birds”

Although yesterday was a bluebird day of 65 degrees things returned to normal today. The dogs and I are taking a break and I figured maybe a good time to let some of my out of state friends know how it’s going in Idaho. I believe there chukar hunters from 14 different states that useContinue reading “65 degree day”

I received a couple of comments today on my site and figured this as a good opportunity to post what I feel to be a very important topic. How we hunt. The first comment came from a fella that all chukar bloggers are familiar with. He has some pretty negative thoughts. But he still broughtContinue reading “How we hunt”

I took the boys out for a chukar training jaunt this morning. Things didn’t work out the way I hoped it would. We were hiking on some pretty steep chukar slopes with the southern slopes bare and the northern slopes covered with 6 to 12 inches of snow. Those white slopes were slick and slowContinue reading “Post season training”