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Good news. With today being the first day of summer, that means only three months til the first day of fall. Barb, the dogs and I took another five day jaunt to a possible chukar location. By the end of the trip, I decided that I wouldn’t add that area to my favorites. But weContinue reading “First day of summer”

Sitting at home watching a steady rain coming down, I’m wondering about the chukar hatch. The negative part of my brain says that any chick hatched in the last week will surely get wet and die. The positive side of my brain says that the grass is so thick and laying down providing dry spotsContinue reading “Rain”

Just when you thought chukar hunting couldn’t be any tougher a new challenge comes along. It comes in the form of too much cover. I know cover is great for holding the birds and cover doesn’t affect the scenting ability of a dog but for us mortals it can be a real pain. I tookContinue reading “A new challenge”

The boys and I started the month off with a good hike. By the time I got off the mountain I had put in almost 7 miles and over 2000 feet of elevation gain. I’m feeling it now but it was worth it. The mountains are full of game right now and some of themContinue reading “June 1”

Tomorrow is the first day of June and I can’t remember when the hills were this green and the cover as thick. It’s still up in the air as to how it’s going to affect the chukar hatch, but I believe that if the nests handled all the moisture we had in May we’re goingContinue reading “A May for the books”

Barb and I started the weekend last evening with our first baby of the year. We didn’t get any pictures but we found a baby elk and mother on the hill. The calf couldn’t have been very old since it was real wobbly as it tried to stand and get milk from mom. Although IContinue reading “Happy Memorial Weekend.”

Barb and I took a six day trip to some new chukar country to do some scouting. It wasn’t too far from an area I had hunted in the past but I thought it might be a little more hospitable for an old man to walk. Wrong. The more we walked, the more we discoveredContinue reading “Great beginning”

A little more heat the last couple of days brought out our slithering friends. I took a solo hike into an area that I know has rattlers and found this guy out and moving. As you can see, the 80 degree day made him quite active. But there was also some good sightings. Let’s hopeContinue reading “80 degree day”

Big game animals and other wildlife will be having their babies shortly and Jake, Grady and I hope to be out there getting some pictures of them. Here’s a picture of some pup coyotes we found a few years back. They were pretty small. Today the boys and I found a den but couldn’t getContinue reading “Baby time”

Although this post doesn’t have much to do with chukars, I hope the recent sightings and successes carry over to this fall. The 2022 season is starting out in fantastic fashion. Let’s just start this post with a little Hungarian partridge action. Jake, Grady and I went in today in search of an arrow firedContinue reading “Great start to 2022”