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Had a scary moment last Friday. Grady was wrestling with me along the pond and suddenly yelped and headed for the house with his tail tucked. He wouldn’t jump up onto the deck like he normally does, but slowly walked up the stairs. That night he wouldn’t come up on the bed or even ontoContinue reading “Grady”

Only fifty days to the chukar, hun and quail opener in Idaho and still looking pretty darn good. Although, because of the heat, the dogs and I haven’t put many miles on in chukar country, we’ve still got some road miles in. My camera’s broke again, so you’ll have to take my word on theContinue reading “50 day count down”

Too hot to do much hiking but more excitement from the birds. Mainly from the truck. I can’t say I normally see this many birds from the truck but I’m usually not on the road this much. It’s really looking promising for the season. The dogs and I got out on two different 15 minuteContinue reading “More excitement”

Took a ride and some short walks yesterday and found what I’d call a teaser for the upcoming season. It got pretty hot, in the upper 90’s, and everything disappeared pretty early in the day. On the ride in I saw 6 young coyotes running through the sage, a few deer, a skunk and loadsContinue reading “Teaser”

Sorry for having so many posts on baby birds this week, but I’m like a kid at Christmas with what I’m finding. I had such a good day on the mountain today that I won’t be doing much more scouting until late July. Plus, it’s already becoming a bad cheat year and the ticks areContinue reading “Last post on babies.”

I had a couple of people asking me about the effects of this weird June weather on the chukars. I wish I knew the answer. The best I can do is tell you of my findings over the years and compare that to what the game biologist said and let you try and sort itContinue reading “No early news”

After spending 8 days in Montana watching our grandson, Mac, playing baseball and just seeing the country we made it back to familiar country. What we found is very promising for the upcoming season. First of all the mountains from Lewiston all the way down to Riggins are still green with lot’s of cover andContinue reading “Very promising”

So far, this year weather mimics last year’s weather. Lots of good moisture keeping the hills green. It warmed up a little sooner, but we are having thunderstorms come through and soak the chukar hills, keeping them moist enough that we should have a plethora of insects for quite a while this summer. On aContinue reading “May 31”

It’s that time of the year when there isn’t much to say about chukars. You can’t see them, hear them or find them. They don’t seem to exist. But that’s good. They’re just getting eggs ready in the nests and soon will begin incubating. But obviously the male ruffed grouse wants to be noticed. WhileContinue reading “Ruffed Grouse”

We’re in the middle of Spring and those wonderful things that show up this time of year. First off is the rain. The weather this year is very similar to last year. Cooler than normal and lot’s of moisture. It’s raining again today and high’s might touch 60. We had 5 days of very hotContinue reading “Rain, ticks and snakes”