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Other Hunting => Upland Birds => Topic started by: CP on August 13, 2010, 12:05:16 PM

Title: What Load for Chukar?
Post by: CP on August 13, 2010, 12:05:16 PM: Having never hunted them I’m guessing something around 1300 fps – 1 ¼ oz of #6 or #5. What is your favorite chukar load?
Title: Re: What Load for Chukar?
Post by: woodywsu on August 13, 2010, 12:21:30 PM: 4s and 5s seem to perform the best.
Title: Re: What Load for Chukar?
Post by: ribka on August 13, 2010, 12:37:53 PM: Quote from: woodywsu on August 13, 2010, 12:21:30 PM
4s and 5s seem to perform the best.

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Shots can be quite far away go with a high brass loads
Title: Re: What Load for Chukar?
Post by: quadrafire on August 13, 2010, 12:50:17 PM: I use 5's
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on August 13, 2010, 12:55:19 PM: #4 for me :IBCOOL:
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Post by: sako223 on August 13, 2010, 01:12:07 PM: I use birdseed about #6-8

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Title: Re: What Load for Chukar?
Post by: Lee Root on August 13, 2010, 08:06:52 PM: I use 7 and1/2's in a handicap trap load or a sporting clays load. I hunt them over my Drahthaars so they are pointed birds, and cripples all come back because the dogs track so well. I even use a 28 gauge( again a sporting clays load of 7 and 1/2's) to hunt them and when they are centered in the pattern they drop like they were axed.
Title: Re: What Load for Chukar?
Post by: Mr56Jeep on August 13, 2010, 08:17:18 PM: I'm probably an outsider... but I like the 20 gauge, Heavy steel #6. I enjoy walkin' with my O/U in 20. I don't get a chance to shoot at them often enough to go broke shooting the expensive stuff and they are fast little buggers. Good speed and still good energy down range.

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Title: Re: What Load for Chukar?
Post by: 44 Flattop on August 15, 2010, 12:03:34 PM: I like an O/U in 20 gauge and #6 shot. I also hunt over a dog (GWP) so cripples always make it back to me also.

44
Title: Re: What Load for Chukar?
Post by: Ironhead on August 15, 2010, 12:45:30 PM: I like Remington Long Range Express in 7 1/2 for Chukar the same in 5's for roosters.
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Post by: lonedave on August 16, 2010, 09:06:34 PM: I've taken them with #8's thru #5's and with loads from 7/8 oz to 1 3/8 oz in lead and 3/4 oz loads of #7 steel. It's probably more important that your gun pattern well with whatever load you choose, and it doesn't hurt if it patterns a bit low as most of your shots are at a downhill angle at a descending bird. Given that, I've probably taken more with a 20 ga Ruger Red Label skeet gun and 7/8 oz of #6 than anything else.
Title: Re: What Load for Chukar?
Post by: high country on August 16, 2010, 09:31:16 PM: I use 7 1/2's in my first barrel, and 6's in the second.

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Title: Re: What Load for Chukar?
Post by: shorthair-on-point on August 16, 2010, 10:00:50 PM: #6 or 7 1/2
Title: Re: What Load for Chukar?
Post by: Billy on August 19, 2010, 12:40:03 AM: That's a dandy of a shotgun, High Country!
Title: Re: What Load for Chukar?
Post by: fethrduster on August 19, 2010, 07:03:27 PM: I use 1 oz. #6 spreader reloads in a 6 lb. 16ga. sxs choked m/f (spreaders make it roughly ic/m). Choosing to use spreaders or not gives me four different choke combinations just by changing the loads I use. This year I'm also going to try gamebore 7's in the right barrel, 6's in the left.

Chukars are my main enemy, err, quarry, and it's fun tinkering with different loads and such.