"I can't wait for chukar hunting season," Bob said just yesterday. We have just over 6 months now. We need time to recover. These are some snapshots of the 2015/2016 season mostly from down in the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area and a few at the Cecil Andrus Wildlife Management Area. We feel blessed to …
Thanks
Our chukar hunting season was blessed by being able to hunt with good friends and family. There's something indescribable about sharing this activity with people and their dogs we care about. Maybe the photos can talk a bit... Bagpiping friend Rob came all the way out from western Washington with his young pointing Griffon, Talisker. …
Finale 2016
Phew! Sad to say it's over. For now. What a season! Ended up with a gorgeous day yesterday, lots of birds, even hit some, and Peat made several flawless retrieves and was a joy to watch. Angus had stepped up his game the past several hunts, and finished strong yesterday, too, with a marvelous retrieve …
Pointing Peat
Chukar hunting four years ago, at 49, I jumped off a rock because for a moment I thought I was 18. It didn't end up well. Sometimes it seems age is the only thing. Yesterday, age took center stage on a series of steep, rocky, muddy, bunch-grass-covered, sunlit desert hills. My aging butt trudged slowly …
Birds or Bird Dogs?
Two dogs? Sometimes potential ain't all it's cracked up to be. Right? Isn't that the Billy Beane story line? Peat's got tremendous potential, but can we survive him? That's the latest question around here. Angus is sick of him. He's wearing us out. But in the morning he's the sweetest thing since evaporated milk, and …