Going on my 1st Chukar hunt!

[pointer]

Well we saw a lot of birds and put on some miles, what did you think birdaddict?

[Boss .300 winmag]

I can't resist either................Yakima,you'll see it on the left,.............it'll be on your left all the way up the Vantage hill and on your left almost all the way to Vegas(Yakima is known round here as "Yakivegas" or "Vegas".It's a big outfit,be prepared to watch a video,register your weapon(your gun is in your jockey shorts) pay the  troop morale fee,I'd say this is going to eat up close to 2 hours at least ,seems like it took that long last year.You will get a map of the entire area,then the fun part,picking where to hunt,another thing to be aware of ,weapon must be in a case when traveling in the vehicle,so make sure you show up with a gun case to shove the thing in.They come out to your rig to inspect the weapon and see the case,Be prepared to show your hunting license and hunters orange as well,you need to show this stuff at Range control,where you'll sign in for areas to hunt.
And don't shoot the Sage grouse.

   Few tips for ya so as to remove the element of "Surprise"

Thanks for the advise guys. This should be a good challange. I think we are going to Yakima. Where is the Yakima training center?

[PaulM]

wild weeds was right about everything. I went down there Sunday. Another guy here warned that they also do a background check on your weapon. Not sure if this is always a deal breaker but they told me it would take two weeks. I also met a guy there that explained the terrain. He said you need 4wheel drive(which i have ) and chains and a shovel. Cell service is limited in some areas and you should have emergency gear. He had a nice jeep with a winch and big knobby tires. Said he used get stuck alot with his pickup. I guess I should have gotten down there earlier in the season. Maybe they can can process the weapon faster. I went elsewhere and jumped a hen mallard and a wigeon. Not a total loss.

[pointer]

boy thats a bummer!  guess im glad we didn't go to the training center.  I drove up from Vancouver that day to meet bird addict and hunt it only to realize when i got to Yakima that my wallet was still in my girlfriend car...... oops! so we ended up hitting an area up closer to .  found lots of Huns tho so it was a good trip.  I still want to hunt the firing center tho, but i think i will wait till next year and get all the BS done early.  Here are a few of the pics from our hunt

[PaulM]

Great pics I love huns. They're wily like chukars. They have been some of my best wingshooting ever. I had my very first double in deep snow on two huns. We snow-tracked them for a 1/2 mile. When they flushed from the sage it was magic. Then, when life could get no better, on the next covey of chukars I dropped three birds ( with two shots on my over/under) .

Another time on a slow, cold day my dog got fooled by the wind and he circled back on some huns that were running us uphill. When my dog Max locked up, he was out 50 yards from me and the covey was 30 yards out. I hit the closest hun way out at 40 yards. They seem to like to test my shooting.