Well, after this morning's post, I wasn't sure what today would bring. I went to an Access Yes parcel I hadn't hunted. I'd heard from one of my students that there were lots of chukar out there, which I doubted. I was right; not being a chukar hunter he no doubt confused Huns with chukar. …
Precipitous Christmas Partridge
Christmas Day offered clarity, and we felt it would have been rude not to accept it, so we went. First, we drove down into Hells Canyon, where the temperature began in single digits. Then we climbed up (about 1800 feet in a quarter mile) on a ridge I'd never hunted. The effort was worth it. …