Freeway Chukar

Took the dogs out for some exercise. They pointed some Chukar just above the freeway. Just a single bird. Kind of strange.

Closing out the 2014-2015 with one last Chukar hunt!

Well it was my first time hunting in Utah. I went with Ryan chasing chukar. It was a abnormally hot day, 65 degrees and wearing t-shirts all day. For February in our neck of the woods, that is not common!  The birds were paired up already. We had numerous great points and some decent backing. The birds were running more than flying. 

Nevertheless, we got some good action.

Ryan, with the first bird of the day!

Jazz with my first chukar in Utah!

Rose, pointing a covey of Chukar, the only covey. The rest were in pairs. 

                                                   Jazz and Rose

More from Jazz and Rose

Dogs pointed this one, it wouldn't fly, it ran up hill and I had to run him up. 

Big Bird, see previous post for the story. 

The tailgate shot!

Listen to the story behind this one....

You know how they say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well this one's worth ten thousand!  We had just about completed a successful first walk for chukkar. If you know what that means you know we were out for a while  and just made it back down the mountain to the area near the rig. We had just decided to head to the truck, eat lunch, and go for more. Ryan Dearing has a dog named Rose that wasn't ready to go back to the truck yet. She headed back up the mountain. Ryan said she would come back so we went to the rig and had lunch. Ryan took time to make a sandwich  and everything. All the while rose made it to the top of the hill. Through the use of the garmin collars we use We determined that Rose was on point over a mile away.
We loaded up the rig and took an atv trail up as far was we could. Putting us within 300 yards of Rose. Of course the 300 hundred yards were straight up the hill. We got my dogs and ourselves geared up and headed for rose. When we got there she was still standing point. This was the only bird that flushed, after 45 minutes of pointing the other birds must have walked off.  Fortunately we got this one as well.
Rose had to work hard to find him after we shot him.
I've seen long held points many times, but this one may top em all. 
On top of that, look how big that bird is.  Looks like it is half Himalayan Snowcock.

Harley found that covey again

Took the dogs for a quick run yesyerday. Harley did an excellent job finding a covey we found a couple weeks ago. Pretty much in the same place.

My photos from the Kansas trip

Below is all my highlight photos from my January trip to Kansas. Definitely going back. 

Hunting the Cimmaron. 

male Bobwhite at the windmill!

female Bobwhite at the windmill. 

Milly and Jazz on Point on some Bobwhite 

Tracking Bobwhite in the sand of the river bottom. 

Rose, and two other pointers. 

Harley hunting the habitat!

A productive walk for Bobwhite!

Harley, the true meaning of "Dog Tired"

All booted up and ready to go. 

Milly and Jazz at the end of day 2. 

Milly with my birds from day 2. Shot quite a few female that day. 

Jazz and Casy's dog on point.