GOT CHUKARS!
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:14 am
Our Utah Chukar Hunt opened on Sat, I never made it out until Sunday Afternoon.
Ohh Boy was it a great hunt! It has been so long since I had a great hunt like this! Ya no Crap I passed on a Trial with my best friend to go chase Chukars! I needed it! I GOT IT!
I have hunted many of Chukar in my day but have never seen as many as I did today in a short time!
To make it even better.... All the birds were found on a big flat! Ya the flat even had a slight grade down with the wind blowing up to the dogs!
I cut the dogs loose Speed and Clown. Speed being a young dog blew out of there like gang busters only to find himself busting a giant covey of birds. Way out of gun range but not Collar range. He did after short chase stop to the flush and me tearing up over all the birds gone!
Well I got him in around Clown hoping he would show the young feller a thing or two about wild birds.
It was not a 100 yards from where Speed busted the big covey that Clown hit point. Wild birds I mind you and I was not walking slow to the point. Speed backed him. I got within about 20 yards before a dozen or so birds flew. I got ONE! Had to double tap him to get him too!
To my suprize Clown stood at point and Speed made the retrieve. This had me a bit baffled as Clown has done a bit to much NSTRA to let a dog get his retrieve. Well I just thought he was being a nice guy and letting the pup get the first taste. NOT, he had 3 more birds out to his side! No shells in the gun.
I hunted for about an hour and never moved any more birds. Speed again started to get way out there, at some point I have not a clue were he went???
I got on the whistle and tapped the collar a couple of times. Nothing I started back to the truck and seen him by it about half mile or so. I yelled and tapped the collar. He was on his way back to dad.
I walked his way also and Clown hit point to my right about 200 yards. I went to him and got one shot at a covey that dove off the cliff. I nailed on perfect but there was not going to be a retrieve. It was at least a 60 ft drop. Little disapointed in myself for even shooting.
Well again we were heading to the Truck and Speed was still on his way back and Clown got real birdy and started his cat creeping, "Running birds!" I stayed on his tail as close as I could. Bam he hit the point.
Speed out there about 70 yards stopped to back, I think. He was looking off to his left and my right. I moved in and the birds just started to fly. 1st shot dead bird, 2nd missed bird clean. Reload Reload shot again nothing but air! Speed broke and tried to get the retrieve from Clown but that was not working.
Got my 2nd bird in hand and toward the truck we go. Both dogs need a drink and the hydration pack slowly leaked all the water out!
I was just about to the truck when Speed stood like he was on point. I say like he was on point cuz after the first covey and him getting corrected for it as he did, he became very cautious. I whisled and he never moved. Clown thought he was on Point to. He backed him. I went toward him, was about 15 yards away and told him to heel. He did not want to do that. He stood real tall and with Nose in the air like Ol Honky Tonk Attitude. I walked out front of him and kicked around. I told him nothing leave it, come on!
He stood and I started to him to grab his collar and lead him off when I heard it behind me. Two birds out about 15 yards busted up. I hit the first as clean as ever and the second I took one leg out and part of his wing. Speed did all he could to stop the bird but it made it over the edge. THis was my 2nd bird I killed that I lost so I gave up for the night and cleaned my 3 birds of a 5 bird limit!
One thing I wish I could have done is take some pictures and had someone there to see what I seen!
Ohh Boy was it a great hunt! It has been so long since I had a great hunt like this! Ya no Crap I passed on a Trial with my best friend to go chase Chukars! I needed it! I GOT IT!
I have hunted many of Chukar in my day but have never seen as many as I did today in a short time!
To make it even better.... All the birds were found on a big flat! Ya the flat even had a slight grade down with the wind blowing up to the dogs!
I cut the dogs loose Speed and Clown. Speed being a young dog blew out of there like gang busters only to find himself busting a giant covey of birds. Way out of gun range but not Collar range. He did after short chase stop to the flush and me tearing up over all the birds gone!
Well I got him in around Clown hoping he would show the young feller a thing or two about wild birds.
It was not a 100 yards from where Speed busted the big covey that Clown hit point. Wild birds I mind you and I was not walking slow to the point. Speed backed him. I got within about 20 yards before a dozen or so birds flew. I got ONE! Had to double tap him to get him too!
To my suprize Clown stood at point and Speed made the retrieve. This had me a bit baffled as Clown has done a bit to much NSTRA to let a dog get his retrieve. Well I just thought he was being a nice guy and letting the pup get the first taste. NOT, he had 3 more birds out to his side! No shells in the gun.
I hunted for about an hour and never moved any more birds. Speed again started to get way out there, at some point I have not a clue were he went???
I got on the whistle and tapped the collar a couple of times. Nothing I started back to the truck and seen him by it about half mile or so. I yelled and tapped the collar. He was on his way back to dad.
I walked his way also and Clown hit point to my right about 200 yards. I went to him and got one shot at a covey that dove off the cliff. I nailed on perfect but there was not going to be a retrieve. It was at least a 60 ft drop. Little disapointed in myself for even shooting.
Well again we were heading to the Truck and Speed was still on his way back and Clown got real birdy and started his cat creeping, "Running birds!" I stayed on his tail as close as I could. Bam he hit the point.
Speed out there about 70 yards stopped to back, I think. He was looking off to his left and my right. I moved in and the birds just started to fly. 1st shot dead bird, 2nd missed bird clean. Reload Reload shot again nothing but air! Speed broke and tried to get the retrieve from Clown but that was not working.
Got my 2nd bird in hand and toward the truck we go. Both dogs need a drink and the hydration pack slowly leaked all the water out!
I was just about to the truck when Speed stood like he was on point. I say like he was on point cuz after the first covey and him getting corrected for it as he did, he became very cautious. I whisled and he never moved. Clown thought he was on Point to. He backed him. I went toward him, was about 15 yards away and told him to heel. He did not want to do that. He stood real tall and with Nose in the air like Ol Honky Tonk Attitude. I walked out front of him and kicked around. I told him nothing leave it, come on!
He stood and I started to him to grab his collar and lead him off when I heard it behind me. Two birds out about 15 yards busted up. I hit the first as clean as ever and the second I took one leg out and part of his wing. Speed did all he could to stop the bird but it made it over the edge. THis was my 2nd bird I killed that I lost so I gave up for the night and cleaned my 3 birds of a 5 bird limit!
One thing I wish I could have done is take some pictures and had someone there to see what I seen!
