Not just for the birds
I ran into a friend the other day who gave me crap for not posting anything for a while. I appreciated it. This used to be my favorite time of the bird season. Not as many people to contend with. Peace and beauty of a remarkably different quality. The "certain slant of light." Snow concentrated …
It seems my complaints did the trick. We found chukar everywhere and anywhere last weekend. I have never seen so much chukar poo, and rarely if ever have I encountered so many chukar in two straight days. We worked for them, sure (about 5,000 vertical feet in two days), but they were high, low, and …
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, …
I usually hunt alone or with my wife (and of course Angus). It's rare to be able to coordinate schedules with friends and deal with the travel time involved. Last weekend was a rare pleasure for me because I had a couple of friends, another great dog, and my usual companions to hunt with for …