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Headed into Quilomene & WD (shortened to avoid moderation) this weekend for chukar. Anyone know how bird numbers are there this year?

Overall WA has been good to me this season, decent wild pheasant numbers and quail...but first trip out for chukar.

Good take! I've been over east (from Gig Harbor) 3x...a couple pheasants this year, a bunch of quail, and nothing yet on the chukar side this year...

Not gundog related. So I'm in western WA and working on arranging some farm ground near Spokane to hunt turkey's through some friends and relatives who don't hunt but have / know farms with ground with at least some turkeys. The largest property is between Fairfield and Spokane near the Idaho border...

Well unfortunately some last minute family friend tragedy's came up with my hunting partners and I acquiesced to my wife's request that I don't wander around alone in an area I never see other people and don't have cell coverage. Everything is good to go and I'll hit it up early next season Lord wil...

Bought a BPS 12 gauge stalker with engraving when I was 14 or 15 and hunted with that until 2017, just had it cerakoted to clean it up a bit, kept it black but had them drop silver in the engraving...looks fantastic. Bought a BPS 12 Gauge Upland special with a english straight stock and 22" barrel a...

Thanks bedlight. I’ll update with my results next week...

That’s super helpful. Was intending to go into WD there, getting into quilomene north of kitittas is just so time consuming..How big do your setters run? I’ve got a lab who will point on the singles or if a covey is tight (on quail at least) or on the singles or doubles he runs bigger than a flushin...

LOL official WDFW name of the area got moderated...

Any Washington people here been up into Whiskey "bleep" and Quilomene this year and have a report on chukar populations? I have had some good luck with my 9 month pup on quail and pheasant and been out a few times for duck. Last upland day I can get out this season is Monday and debating between doi...

Sounds like maybe I need to slow down a little and let him work!

Was on here a bit years ago, back at it again after the kids are old enough to make it easier for me to get out often. Now with a retired Lab and an 8 month old lab out in the field for the first time this year. I live in Western Washington, do a little Duck over hear but mostly drive to Eastern Was...

Looking at info on my days out this year and curious how far ya'll pups travel in a day of hunting if you have the ability to track it...and how far it is compared to how far you travel.... So far I'm for a 6-7 hours out for me, I travel about 7-8 miles and the dog is doing ~23 miles...that's decent...