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I would say both you can get into quail Chukar and Huns in many areas
Wild roosters run and flush or not at great distances, quarter mile might be a close one. Your dog will come back and look at you 'what just happened'. Keep at it
Quote from: nwwanderer on July 25, 2019, 02:44:56 PMWild roosters run and flush or not at great distances, quarter mile might be a close one. Your dog will come back and look at you 'what just happened'. Keep at itHaha that’s great! He mostly flushed but he’ll point if they hold tight, mostly windy days. One windy day he was pointing a bird and had the rooster run on em, the clown caught up to it and grabbed it. I’m sure wild roosters are faster tho. I don’t condone it but I thought it would flush so I didn’t call him off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
As an avid upland hunter, my advice would be to chase quail until you learn a lot of country and begin to locate areas that may hold chukar. This will prolly hurt many folks feelings, but you can easily burn out a Laborador searching for birds in the large open expanses that chukar inhabit. Easier access areas that make for short hunts are known and can get pounded. If you can drive the areas, that is yourbest bet. Chukar and quail can share the same habitats, so in time you should be able to locate coveys. BTW, I have long running pointer, and we average 17 miles a day on our adventure hunts, Nevada even more. Two days of unbelievable drive, and he is almost dead. Can barely carry enough water. Hopefully you dont need to trapse that far. Good luck out there
I’m trying to slow him down, he comes out like a bat outta hell and I understand it’s going to be a higher mileage game, fortunately he has a fantastic blood line, great training and we run every day and train at least 4 days a week. We’re temporarily in a new location but we used to hike 4 miles every day after work so his cardio is pretty solid. As long as heat isn’t involved the dog can runs miles and miles without stopping. But my end goal is to get him more involved in ducks and back on his hunt tests. I’m looking at buying a pointer once the fiancée and I get a house within the next year. I appreciate all the input tho! I think we'll keep our focus on quails as to not burn him out just yet on chasing chukar. I'll definitely try it a couple times this fall for fun, my plan would be to leash the pup till we get to where we're hunting. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk