Unfortunate find at Heller Bar.

[Badhabit]

I spent this last weekend at Heller Bar steelhead fishing. At the launch someone either forgot their birds and drove off or just tossed them. I found 4 fully feathered Chukar on the beach that showed no signs of being gutted or even breasted out. I let the Game Warden know where I found them. He was going to stop by and see what he could dig up. There is a warning sign the area is under surveillance cameras in the parking lot so hopefully he can get some intel.
For what its worth I caught 4 steelhead on Sat. released 3.

[WSU]

I can’t imagine working hard enough to get 4 chukars and then leave them at the boat launch.

[boneaddict]

Someone was probably running late and all they could think about was the %$# chewing they were going to get and drove off without them. 

[Badhabit]

That's what I was thinking. Still unfortunate to find them.

[Boss .300 winmag]

If they were body temp warm I’d have eaten them.😎

[Jpmiller]

Someone was probably running late and all they could think about was the %$# chewing they were going to get and drove off without them.

That's my guess too. What a terrible feeling that must have been at the realization. Would have been hard for me not to throw them in the truck though were I to find them.

[Badhabit]

They were already stinking. I found them by following the stink. It wasn't a fish carcass stink

[Boss .300 winmag]

They were already stinking. I found them by following the stink. It wasn't a fish carcass stink

So they were aged.😋

[branches]

Thank you for reporting it. Did you fish just one day?

[T-Bone]

Unfortunately, a percentage of people hunt only to kill something and have ZERO interest in cleaning and eating what they shoot. If they can't give it directly away; they dump it. I worked with a guy (at a major outdoor retailer, no less) that hunted everything from elk to Ca. quail and that was his mentality. He was a superb wingshot (with many pictures to prove it) and did have mounted heads of some nice bucks, but I have to wonder about what happened to the meat on some of his hunts.

His mentality is hardly singular. Some years ago,a regular of the Potholes reported finding boxes full of unprocessed ducks dumped in the Dunes Area. With ducks, too many way over cook them and that liver-like smell turns them off for life.

[pianoman9701]

IDK, you have to really work for Chukar and they're tasty birds, besides. I'm far more inclined to agree that whoever left them did so by accident. By the time they realized what'd happened, they were two hours away. 

[RockChuck]

Chuckar are so  much work  to get and they are probably my favorite tasting bird! why would they carry them down the hill just to leave them on the beach? id guess forgotten as well.

[Jpmiller]

Unfortunately, a percentage of people hunt only to kill something and have ZERO interest in cleaning and eating what they shoot. If they can't give it directly away; they dump it. I worked with a guy (at a major outdoor retailer, no less) that hunted everything from elk to Ca. quail and that was his mentality. He was a superb wingshot (with many pictures to prove it) and did have mounted heads of some nice bucks, but I have to wonder about what happened to the meat on some of his hunts.

His mentality is hardly singular. Some years ago,a regular of the Potholes reported finding boxes full of unprocessed ducks dumped in the Dunes Area. With ducks, too many way over cook them and that liver-like smell turns them off for life.

I hate that this is true.

[JeffRaines]

Unfortunately, a percentage of people hunt only to kill something and have ZERO interest in cleaning and eating what they shoot. If they can't give it directly away; they dump it. I worked with a guy (at a major outdoor retailer, no less) that hunted everything from elk to Ca. quail and that was his mentality. He was a superb wingshot (with many pictures to prove it) and did have mounted heads of some nice bucks, but I have to wonder about what happened to the meat on some of his hunts.

His mentality is hardly singular. Some years ago,a regular of the Potholes reported finding boxes full of unprocessed ducks dumped in the Dunes Area. With ducks, too many way over cook them and that liver-like smell turns them off for life.

I hate that this is true.

I guess its a difference of mentality, but really, whats the point of hunting then? I couldn't fathom leaving the meat that I've worked my tail off to get... or worse, not intending to consume what I killed. Its one thing to give some to friends, family, or sharing it with the hunting party... its another thing entirely to take a life with no intent to use it for myself. If I didn't like game that much, I just wouldn't hunt! My bank account would be much better off I'm sure!

[singleshot12]

I've been around a while. And I would have to admit in my guesstamation that about 10% of hunters(maybe more?) are only into killing and numbers and have no interest in the meat. Sad but true,and they make responsible hunters look bad. It's possible I suppose that someone forgot them but I highly doubt it.