collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: Chukar in Twisp?  (Read 3920 times)

Offline doubletall

  • Past Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+8)
  • Hunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Apr 2010
  • Posts: 229
  • Location: Tacoma and Twisp
  • Groups: RMEF
Chukar in Twisp?
« on: January 17, 2022, 03:09:11 PM »
I found a chukar on my property just south of Twisp.  How common are they in the area?  I have lots of turkey, quail and a few grouse but this is the first chukar I've come across.

Offline MtnMuley

  • Site Sponsor
  • Political & Covid-19 Topics
  • Trade Count: (+3)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Aug 2009
  • Posts: 8712
  • Location: NCW
Re: Chukar in Twisp?
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2022, 03:11:45 PM »
Most of your chukar will be south of twisp, but this weather had most birds at the lower elevations. Not uncommon at all.

Offline Skyvalhunter

  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Oct 2007
  • Posts: 16015
  • Location: Sky valley/Methow
Re: Chukar in Twisp?
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2022, 03:37:41 PM »
My property is south of Carlton and I have lots of chuckar around several large conveys during the summer months. I did hunt them with my dog bit of coarse only came across 1 when you want to see them. They love those rock out croppings. If you listen you can hear them communicate to each other once you recognize their sound.
« Last Edit: January 17, 2022, 04:19:02 PM by Skyvalhunter »
The only man who never makes a mistake, is the man who never does anything!!
The further one goes into the wilderness, the greater the attraction of its lonely freedom.

Offline HereDuckyDucky

  • Trade Count: (+3)
  • Hunter
  • ***
  • Join Date: Apr 2010
  • Posts: 239
  • Location: Pateros, WA
Re: Chukar in Twisp?
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2022, 03:57:34 PM »
I am just down from Methow and have quite a few on my property. Pretty common down here.

RW

Offline Wunderlich33

  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Hunter
  • ***
  • Join Date: Jun 2011
  • Posts: 194
  • Location: Monroe
  • You sure you know how to skin Griz?
Re: Chukar in Twisp?
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2022, 04:01:05 PM »
My property is south of Carlton and I have lots of chuckar around several large conveys during the summer months. I did hunt them with my dog bit of coarse only came across 1 when you want to see them. They love those rock out croppings

Dont know if you remember but I remember... the time Zeb and I found your camp in the middle of the night south of Carlton and we decided to hunt with you the next day.  After a few hours hiking in the dark the next morning as we were getting to the ridge I saw movement in the draw below us. You glassed down the ridge and told me that it was a cougar... Not that I saw it very well but that was the first cougar I ever saw in the field. 

That day was great... 1 doe spotted, a flash of a buck spotted that you went after to never see again and we made a fire up top to warm up before we stared heading down. We Got back to camp in the dark and we were tired    :chuckle: 

Offline Skyvalhunter

  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Oct 2007
  • Posts: 16015
  • Location: Sky valley/Methow
Re: Chukar in Twisp?
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2022, 04:17:22 PM »
Yea I remember us heading up the ridge in the dark. If I remember right we saw a group of hunters spread out coming up the valley below. We figured they spooked the cat and never saw it. Funny thing was that cat circled around behind them into the timber. I remember looking down and seeing all the orange pumpkins below us.
The only man who never makes a mistake, is the man who never does anything!!
The further one goes into the wilderness, the greater the attraction of its lonely freedom.

Offline boneaddict

  • Site Sponsor
  • Administrator
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Legend
  • *****
  • Join Date: Mar 2007
  • Posts: 50592
  • Location: Selah, Washington
Re: Chukar in Twisp?
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2022, 04:49:43 PM »
I saw more Huns than  chuks, but they are around for sure.

Offline doubletall

  • Past Sponsor
  • Trade Count: (+8)
  • Hunter
  • *****
  • Join Date: Apr 2010
  • Posts: 229
  • Location: Tacoma and Twisp
  • Groups: RMEF
Re: Chukar in Twisp?
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2022, 07:25:23 PM »
Thanks for the replies. If there are more around I'm sure my lab will find them. I had a moose in the pasture last winter and saw a badger on my camera this summer; about the only critter I haven't seen yet is a wolf.  I'm right below McClure so I'm sure they're not too far off.

Offline Skyvalhunter

  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Oct 2007
  • Posts: 16015
  • Location: Sky valley/Methow
Re: Chukar in Twisp?
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2022, 07:28:51 PM »
Be careful what you wish for the wolves work up and down the valley
The only man who never makes a mistake, is the man who never does anything!!
The further one goes into the wilderness, the greater the attraction of its lonely freedom.

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

Idaho Trapping Journal 2025/26 by Turner89
[Today at 03:09:50 PM]


GO 2025 15th Annual Hunting-Washington Christmas Gift Exchange by rainshadow1
[Today at 02:43:46 PM]


Winthrop wolves by timberfaller
[Today at 01:55:09 PM]


This Jeff Davis guy. by Tbar
[Today at 01:41:33 PM]


Smith-Reynolds American Legion Post #14 Fall Raffle by passman65
[Today at 01:09:26 PM]


Leopard Cur Pups by Barehunter
[Today at 12:21:38 PM]


Lion Down - the Savor of Success by Sliverslinger
[Today at 11:43:23 AM]


Idaho on the verge of outlawing by idaho guy
[Today at 11:37:19 AM]


Report Wolf Sightings Here - Hunting-Washington Wolf Count 158+ by Pygmy
[Today at 10:12:05 AM]


Where can one find hides from hunters? by HighlandLofts
[Today at 09:57:59 AM]


In the background by nwwanderer
[Today at 06:44:34 AM]


Swakane by redi
[Yesterday at 11:27:02 PM]


MOA or MRAD, & Why? by Magnum_Willys
[Yesterday at 09:57:59 PM]


Pics from this year 2025 by Kingofthemountain83
[Yesterday at 09:36:06 PM]


2025 elk success thread!! by jstone
[Yesterday at 09:14:54 PM]


2025 blacktail rut thread by Crunchy
[Yesterday at 08:12:33 PM]


Trap Check Time by TeacherMan
[Yesterday at 07:33:16 PM]


Dodge 48re transmission recommendations by 92xj
[Yesterday at 06:19:32 PM]


Crazy looking Deer by NOCK NOCK
[Yesterday at 06:10:52 PM]


"Any Deer" GMU's - Proof of Sex? by Kingofthemountain83
[Yesterday at 05:31:47 PM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal