How to find chukars

[coachcw]

I usually hike up that way the truck is down!

[JLS]

I usually hike up that way the truck is down!

That is my preferred method of attack on Senor Redlegs.

[troyspinetar]

Steep hills
Cheat grass
Water source "nearby". Nearby being a general vicinity.
Can't stress enough of the steep hill part. If you not broken after your first day...you did it wrong.

  especially the broken part! 
Sure is a blast though

[bracer40]

Any of you guys game to hook up with someone new? I've been having a good time hunting (and killing) pheasant and quail with my Brittany and I'm looking forward to try our hand at chasing the devil birds. Neither of us have a problem with the terrain. He's got a great nose and is steady to wing (still working on steady to shot in the field.............fine in hunt tests, but different with wild birds).

My problem is some of the  guys I hunt with don't want to climb, scramble and work their *ss off going after Chukar.
BTW: I'm a westsider so I'm a weekender guy for these hunts.
Anyhow, if game, shoot me a pm.

[DOUBLELUNG]

After these birds have made you thoroughly twisted, you can take up killing the sentinel with a buddy.  The sentinel is the #$^& lookout that watches from atop a rock for danger while the rest of the covey feed below.  This is the one that calls loudly from far out of range to let all the others know you are there. 

Once he calls, you stand still and let your partner back off out of sight.  You take a slow step every couple of minutes to keep him calling, your buddy circles back and comes in from behind/above.  If done successfully, you will see the sentinel swatted off the rock in a puff of feathers as the rest of the covey flies away - then, you will hear the shot.  Next sentinel, you and your buddy switch places.  Good times!

[Fishnfowler]

There are a lot of fun replies to this thread, but in all seriousness, start shooting heroin instead.  You will probably live longer and save money to boot. 



AHHH, now that I've gotten that out of my system, you really are better off with Meth.



Ok, I was just joking... sort of. 



Chukar are a life-long sort of thing.  I'd recommend getting a divorce, living in a single wide somewhere near Chelan Butte, and devoting the rest of your life to misery.  Along the way you should collect a bunch of expensive guns, throw them off cliffs, quickly diving after them, and spending stupid amounts of money on boots that still give you blisters. 



Once in a while you will shoot the living he!! out of those birds, stringing you along until the next fix.  Best of luck. 



P.S.  Buy some life insurance along with E-load tires.

 

[bracer40]

Fishnfowler, great post! I can see you're pretty strung out for sure! Suprised to see your dog. A chessie? Nearly everything I've read has guys running behind pointers.
From your pics it looks like he's been a birdfinding machine!