Chukars, Huns, & Deer oh my!

[Navajo97]

Spent the day in eastern WA running up and down the hills. We ended the day with a two coveys of chukar, two coveys of huns, and a bunch of deer. Last covey was only three birds, so we just scared'em. In fact we scared a bunch of them, but we had a great time.

Sofie and Cooper smelling a chukar condo:


King of the hill with his harem:


Taking a break:




A bird in the bush as he fell:

[Navajo97]

Some more pictures:

Sentry Duty:


Heading up another canyon:




That fuzzy orange speck in the middle is me:


Cactus:

[good2go]

Looks like a good time. I wish my weekend had been like that. Maybe next week.

[merkelman]

Were the chukar pretty small.

[ar_nick]

awesome! what pat of eastern wa did you guys make it out to? i live in eastern wa and ave been out 3 times with no luck

[Sportfury]

Were the chukar pretty small.

Merkleman the pic was a young of the year. Must have been a late brood. Still a chukar though.

awesome! what pat of eastern wa did you guys make it out to? i live in eastern wa and ave been out 3 times with no luck

The central part... lol. We were definitely off the beaten path (I am super sore today and had cramps last night). Even though there wasn't much wind the birds were in the side canyons. I noticed there was a lot of cheat grass in those canyons on the east facing slopes.

[merkelman]

I noticed the same. 2 of the last five birds were small yearlings.

[Forrestrover.02]

Good pics. Looks like a fun time. Nice looking dogs!

[splitshot]

  what kind of cacti are those.  small barrel?  cool looking.  think I have been where you were.  wish it were open to muzzy.  mike w