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Title: Chuckar Calls. Anybody use them?
Post by: cmiller85 on December 14, 2011, 09:42:08 PM: Has anyone ever tried using a chuckar call to locate or even call in chucker? If so, do they work? Which one would you recommend?
Title: Re: Chuckar Calls. Anybody use them?
Post by: gasman on December 15, 2011, 04:55:52 AM: Never even knew they made calls for chuckars :dunno:

Does it sound like, "Here chuckar, chuckar, chuckar.........Here......." :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Chuckar Calls. Anybody use them?
Post by: NW-GSP on December 15, 2011, 05:45:14 AM: I have used a quail call to locate them, quail that is
Title: Re: Chuckar Calls. Anybody use them?
Post by: backyard bucks on December 15, 2011, 10:56:27 AM: use to use them all the time.. it is a good call to locate a covey... then once we broke them up it even worked better. :twocents:
Title: Re: Chuckar Calls. Anybody use them?
Post by: cmiller85 on December 15, 2011, 02:01:25 PM: Quote from: backyard bucks on December 15, 2011, 10:56:27 AM
use to use them all the time.. it is a good call to locate a covey... then once we broke them up it even worked better. :twocents:

Sweet. I think I'll go ahead and get one to try it out. Does the call work to locate them during the mid-day and evening time periods? I know they are most vocal in the morning it seems, but any free time I get I spend duck hunting this time of the year. So the afternoon hunt would probably be when I would go after them.
Title: Re: Chuckar Calls. Anybody use them?
Post by: chukar hunter on December 15, 2011, 04:06:15 PM: Definately use em for locating a covey. Sometimes they can be response shy if you call from where you park your rig. Try calling right at dawn, seems to have the best luck in responding. I've never had any luck bringing them in, just locating.
Title: Re: Chuckar Calls. Anybody use them?
Post by: RadSav on December 15, 2011, 04:57:09 PM: Quote from: chukar hunter on December 15, 2011, 04:06:15 PM
Definately use em for locating a covey. Sometimes they can be response shy if you call from where you park your rig. Try calling right at dawn, seems to have the best luck in responding. I've never had any luck bringing them in, just locating.

Agree 100%.

I still find that chasing hawks is a more reliable way to find chuckars. If one is circling for more than a few minutes it's a good bet there are chuckars hiding in the rocks there. The other benefit to chasing hawks is the chuckars usually hold a little better knowing a hawk is in the area giving you better shot opportunities. We used helium filled mylar baloons down in Oregon around Owyhee Reservoir which worked great to keep them down. Worked as well if not better than hawk chasing.
Title: Re: Chuckar Calls. Anybody use them?
Post by: cmiller85 on December 15, 2011, 06:27:40 PM: Quote from: RadSav on December 15, 2011, 04:57:09 PM
Quote from: chukar hunter on December 15, 2011, 04:06:15 PM
Definately use em for locating a covey. Sometimes they can be response shy if you call from where you park your rig. Try calling right at dawn, seems to have the best luck in responding. I've never had any luck bringing them in, just locating.

Agree 100%.

I still find that chasing hawks is a more reliable way to find chuckars. If one is circling for more than a few minutes it's a good bet there are chuckars hiding in the rocks there. The other benefit to chasing hawks is the chuckars usually hold a little better knowing a hawk is in the area giving you better shot opportunities. We used helium filled mylar baloons down in Oregon around Owyhee Reservoir which worked great to keep them down. Worked as well if not better than hawk chasing.

Very interesting. I'll have to pay more attention to hawks from now on. I'll also have to try the balloon trick. Do you tie the balloon to you on a long string or how does that work exactly?
Title: Re: Chuckar Calls. Anybody use them?
Post by: RadSav on December 16, 2011, 01:59:52 AM: If the wind is calm tying to yourself on a string is probably best. But if the wind is up we would anchor them to the ground downhill from where the dogs start getting birdy or where the area looked right. Since chuckars USUALLY fly downhill when flushed it seemed to confuse them a bit. The day before we first tried it at Owyhee birds were running on us and the dogs were going out of their minds. Next day we tied the balloons to the dogs (not a good idea)which freaked them out for the first 15 minutes. But, when we got into the birds again it was like shooting quail out of a thistle bush - up close with a lot of straight away shots.
Title: Re: Chuckar Calls. Anybody use them?
Post by: joe_dumy on December 31, 2011, 03:43:52 PM: I use them for locating as well. I have a couple of different calls but I prefer cupping a silver dollar and hitting it with another. I get a better response if the wind is not going against me.

I will for sure be looking for Hawks next season.
Title: Re: Chuckar Calls. Anybody use them?
Post by: hunter105 on December 31, 2011, 10:37:44 PM: Never knew they made chukar calls. I am going to Anotone next weekend to hunt chukars. I hate it when they are laughing at me from 200 yards above me and dare me to come find them, usually after about 2 hours of hiking. Just can't go up that fast, way easier to hunt down on them. I usually just let the dogs do the work to find them and jsut blast away. Doesn't get much better.
Title: Re: Chuckar Calls. Anybody use them?
Post by: Maverick on January 01, 2012, 09:17:40 AM: Heard they work but ive never messed with them. Another trick is if the birds are skittish and get up at a distance a lot, get balloon full of helium with a long string tied to your waste. The birds think its a hawk and it makes them hold nice and tight.
Title: Re: Chuckar Calls. Anybody use them?
Post by: Phantom Gobbler on January 03, 2012, 10:00:37 PM: Calls would be helpful for sure. Sometimes they can be awfully quite and the calling might work to locate them. Then game on again.