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February fun
One of the great things about living close to chukar country is that even though the take season is closed, Grady and I can still have some fun. The season has been closed for four days, and Grady and I have already taken advantage of the great weather twice. I haven’t taken my camera, but…
Good ending
The 2025-2026 season wasn’t as stellar as I hoped. Some had a good year, and most of them earned their birds. I put the least amount of chukars in the freezer since I’ve been keeping records for over 35 years. But it was still a fun year. I learned a lot about myself and Grady…
Most memorable hunt
Sitting here today, I came across a question posed by another upland bird site that got me thinking. “What was your most memorable upland bird hunt”? I thought about it hard, but couldn’t come up with just one. My last two chukar hunts with Grady definitely didn’t fit. They were my 61st and 62nd chukar…
Cold but raining chukars
Besides what I’ve been seeing, there are lots of great reports of late-season chukar and hun hunting. Eastern Oregon and western Idaho are almost void of snow. It seemed earlier in the season that the bird counts were low. But now I’m thinking not as bad as I once thought. The cover or anything else…
At it again
There aren’t many days left in the season, so I decided to take the camera out and try some filming for fun again. It doesn’t compare with the videos on YouTube, but I found I can’t walk around with a hat cam and have anything come out but the ground I’m tripping over. The inversion…
Panic
I’m sure most of you use some kind of tracking device while out bird hunting. I have been using a garmin Astro and now an Alpha since they first came out with them. It’s made it so easy to keep track of where my dogs are. Looking back now I don’t know how I hunted…
New tricks
I’m sure everyone who hunts with dogs can talk of new tricks their dogs learn to help us be more successful. No matter which upland bird we hunt. The more we hunt particular birds, the more our dogs learn how to handle them. Grady, like my past dogs has become very good at figuring out…
Grady
February 15th, Grady will be 8 years old. He will have 8 years of chukar hunting by the time his birthday comes. Just as my past four shorthairs, he has achieved my chukar champion status. As I look at him laying here beside me, I can already see the tiredness in him. We put in…
Learning never stops
When hunting with upland bird dogs there is always something new that comes up. In my case, it’s usually my dog teaching me something new on how to successfully get chukars. There are many training methods out there and all will work to some degree. My thoughts, at least on chukar hunting, is to train…
Excited again
There’s finally another rainbow forming over Grady and myself. I’ve had a couple of rough years with my back limiting my chukar hunting some. Grady has had some ear and throat issues that are now under control. Both of us have been down with the loss of Jake. But things have been changing quite a…
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