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A question on another upland bird site was posted this morning. It was phrased in a way to find out how many hunters still upland hunted after age 70. I was tickled to see how many of us there are. And the coolest part of it was how many answered that they were still huntingContinue reading “Old hunters”

I made the mistake of going up and looking at the prospects of puppies to be Grady’s and my hunting partner today. Big mistake. I started counting the days until the opener this year. But what an education I got. I had no idea they would be that small. It’s hard to believe that byContinue reading “Puppy Time”

The saga of GSP number 6 began yesterday. My new puppy has arrived. As luck would have it, one of the three males is going to have darker markings, and hopefully that’s what I’ll be bringing home in 7 or so weeks. There were seven pups in all, and all have been spoken for forContinue reading “And away we go”

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, butContinue reading “February fun”

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 GradyContinue reading “Good ending”

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 chukarContinue reading “Most memorable hunt”

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 elseContinue reading “Cold but raining chukars”

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 inversionContinue reading “At it again”

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 huntedContinue reading “Panic”

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 outContinue reading “New tricks”