We all have things in life that mess us up. Some result in really bad stuff happening. Others are less severe. I like to think my problem with birds lies in the latter category. But I guess that's actually relative. Nevertheless, I regretfully and proudly would like to make the formal announcement of my (with …
Dearth of Chukar
It's six weeks into the season now and the sinking feeling is growing. Each time I've gone out I've thought, "Next week I'll find them." Then I wouldn't. This weekend I made it out twice and both times were dismal in terms of birds. We busted one covey of Huns yesterday, and today I saw …
Hun Ting
Amazing weather for late October, and we're back on the hills with our new hunting buddy, searching for the elusive birds. After a short but extremely steep and rocky hike, Angus found us one small covey of Hungarian partridge. I managed a couple shots, but that was it. One bird winged, Angus ran it down, …
New Chukar Natural
We don't have kids. Angus is our kid. But a friend who doesn't bird hunt has a 10-year-old who read a book about bird hunting and wanted to go, so we took him today. Until we got out there on the hills I was worried he wouldn't be able to keep up. Not that I'm …
Found ’em, sort of
After five outings this season, I finally found some of the elusive alectoris chukar. I went to yet another new (to me) spot, and was delighted to see plenty of birds. I was not delighted, though, that they saw me well before I saw them and showed themselves to me by launching over 100 yards …