Weekend Chukar Hunt

Gertie · Post by **Gertie** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 7:35 pm

Met up with a couple gal pals for a "broad squad" chukar hunt this weekend. We did about 9 miles of hiking in beautiful country (Gertie did 27!!!) and got into five big coveys of chukar and one covey of quail. Both Gertie and Ruger (the rescue I'm hosting) did really well. Gertie crept a little but I think it was due to the really strong wind making it hard for her to pin the location of scent, at least I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt until I can get her in better conditions and see what's up. Ruger did good with the exception of him not really knowing what "here" means. We're working on it. As is the norm, nobody managed to take any photos of the cool stuff but we did get a few pictures when we were taking breaks. I really feel fortunate to be able to hunt in this country. Public land is cool

brad27 · Post by **brad27** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:45 pm

Nice looking area. Glad you found a bunch of birds.

Garrison · Post by **Garrison** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:14 pm

Very nice ladies! Looks like Gertie has a new boyfriend.

ultracarry · Post by **ultracarry** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:44 pm

Very nice looking area. Wish we had Chukar in southern California this year.

Gertie · Post by **Gertie** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:38 pm

Thanks guys. It was a lot of fun. Hopefully we get into more birds next weekend and the wind tones it down a notch or 10. Fingers crossed

Garrison wrote:Very nice ladies! Looks like Gertie has a new boyfriend.

Nah, they're way deep in the "friend zone", especially since the whole "neutering thing" happened

ultracarry wrote:Very nice looking area. Wish we had Chukar in southern California this year.

I was actually in So. Cal. a couple months ago for work and saw some chukar in the highway median between Bishop and Tehachapi. Lots of them! There were also a bunch of quail in the mountains by the big wind energy development near Jawbone State Park. Don't know if you ever head out that way but it might be worth a trip.

gotpointers · Post by **gotpointers** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 1:04 am

It looks really nice there. nearly All the NM public land is heavily grazed By cattle leaving little cover. Great looking setters!!!

Troy08er · Post by **Troy08er** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:35 pm

Great pictures looks like a blast.

quackerjack · Post by **quackerjack** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:40 pm

Nice pictures! Chukar country is like nothing else, especially behind Man's Best Friend." Thanks for sharing your successful outing!

wems2371 · Post by **wems2371** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:16 pm

Very nice! Nothing better than spending time with friends, following some birddogs around while they do their thing!

uplandguide · Post by **uplandguide** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:46 pm

Looks like a fun Hunt Gertie! My little Hat's had 18 miles on her feet compared to my 6 this last weekend on the John Day hunting chukar, she was all over them hillsides, so proud!. She saw a lot of birds.. The birds really held well this weekend. They just kept drawing us deeper and deeper!
Nice pics!

Gertie · Post by **Gertie** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 11:07 pm

That's awesome! Glad you got out too. We're going to hit it again this weekend and I'm not-so-secretly hoping that it's cold and snowy so we can weed out the fair weather Thanksgiving crowd

Congrats on the pup! That's great that she's getting into the birds. It's so much fun watching them come along.

uplandguide · Post by **uplandguide** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:24 pm

Great luck to you! I will be out as well! Happy Thanksgiving! Cant wait for some spring trials! see ya then!

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