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chukar population: looks damn good this fall.
« on: March 05, 2014, 05:46:55 PM »
Well, its been about 2 months since the season closed and I haven't seen or heard a single chukar. I think I must have shot them all :chuckle: ;). There is no point in hunting this year. It is going to be a terrible year :D


10 more days to go!!! :)
« Last Edit: September 24, 2014, 06:35:47 PM by Naches Sportsman »

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Re: chukar population
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2014, 09:22:22 PM »
 No, I  shot the last one on the planet...7 months will pass quickly, I hope!!! 



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Re: chukar population
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2014, 09:59:45 AM »
Hmmmm. I guess I will take up underwater basket weaving then :chuckle:

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Re: chukar population
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2014, 05:40:32 PM »
What's a chukar?

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Re: chukar population
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2014, 05:56:09 PM »
I thought they only lived in Pakistan
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Re: chukar population
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2014, 06:43:43 PM »
Boys, there is hope.  The birds that I shot the end of the season had more fat reserves on them than I have ever seen on late season chukars.  Bodes well for the nesting season. Now for some more rain in March and April to get the cheat grass to grow, then lots of insects  to hatch, and NO RAIN in early June...at least not the three day constant downpour that kills chicks. Then mild summer days until chicks can fend for themselves.

For those of you who do not yet have an affliction for hunting chukars...stick with planted Pheasants, hunt ducks, or watch football.  At least you will go to your graves sane....

 

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Re: chukar population
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2014, 06:04:54 PM »
Saw one unlucky chukar today laying on the side of Hwy 97 just north of S. Pine creek. Hopefully there are a lot more running around.

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Re: chukar population
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2014, 06:09:17 PM »
I was surrounded by them all day on Friday, must have missed a few  :chuckle:
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Re: chukar population
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2014, 06:54:33 PM »
It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't run up to the top of a hill and laugh at you....  :chuckle:
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Re: chukar population
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2014, 09:08:26 AM »
I have hunted chuckars since i was 10 and i will say this.  It is the one bird that drives me absolutely crazy.  One day you will limit out and the next day you may not even see one.  Let alone hit them when you do.  Although in my years of hunting them i have learned one thing.  If you are underneath them they go sidehill make them easier to get to again.  I like to try and stay on the smae cuvvy when i get into them.
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Re: chukar population
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2014, 09:15:01 AM »
I do wish there were more of them

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Re: chukar population
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2014, 06:22:21 PM »
I do often wonder if they are susceptible to over hunting.  I didn't used to think that was possible given the terrain they live in, but there are a lot of chukar hunters out there (a lot more than I remember in years past), and populations have declined a lot from when I was younger.  A 10 bird covey can only take so much pressure, which is hard to think about when you're focused on trying to get a limit.  If I really get into them, I try to stop at 4-5 birds if I can just to leave some for next time.   I'd like to see some studies done on this.

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Re: chukar population
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2014, 11:38:25 AM »
New to this site! Live in Kitsap Co. and am looking for a Eastern Wa. hunting partner following big game season to work over Chukar/Pheasant. I normally wait until it gets cold to come over. Spent last Dec/Jan in the Ellensburg/Moses Lake area on weekends...If you have access to Yak training center even better as i am retired military. There are preliminary rules to meet to get on there...
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Re: chukar population
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2014, 11:01:17 PM »
Cool little birds but they ain't a tater peeler or a boat floater for me,I prefer quail/huns or pheasants.Management of  any of them is in US the hunters, the WDFW considers them  all an "Introduced" specie and as such does not fund any management program, consider yourselves warned.Same goes for Huns/quail/Pheasants.It's all about the license money boys,when it plays out it plays out.Non native Upland birds ain't nothing more than gold with beating hearts,the management begins with you! on quail make sure a covey has at least  10 birds remaining when your done!I'd say chuks/huns need 6,pheasants don't matter much as they aren't covey birds but if you see 15 hens before you see a rooster it's a bad proposition.

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Re: chukar population
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2014, 11:08:15 PM »
I used to buy wheat for chucker and hun but they vanished around my place now all I have is quail :sry:

 


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