Bob's smarter half here, again: Winter has arrived and so has the first dusting of snow. Yesterday's hunt was in 8 degree weather, not including the stiff wind chill factor. We hoped that the birds would be hunkered down and easy to find in big groups. It doesn't usually get this cold in December, so …
Retrochukar
Seems weird to call something from 1992 retro, but there you go. There it went. Doing my sporadic chukarstalk on youtube, I found this video from Idaho Fish & Game (not to be construed in any way as an endorsement thereof). Some good information about chukar hunting, and some good footage. The Brittany doesn't hurt …
November Bounty
Beautiful sunny weather yesterday for our hunt with old friends and new hunting friends. It was a Brittany trifecta with Angus being the old man of the trio. We went to a now not secret spot that we'd hunted before earlier in the season. The place yesterday is higher in elevation than our usual spots …
The Beauty of Chukar Hunting
Thanksgiving is coming, and since I've been complaining about the scarcity of birds I thought I might refocus a little here. I think one of the reasons I love chukar hunting so much is that the landscapes I get to inhabit are particularly compelling to me. I remember driving through dense alpine forests on some …
OMG, OMG, OMG: The disap-POINT-ment!
Debacle waiting to happen Instead of searching google images for pictures of bubbles bursting, my penance for what I'm about to share should be that I'll write ten thousand words about how my beloved avian-pursuing canine embarrassed the hell out of me this afternoon. But that wouldn't be fair to share because it would be …