California ptarmigan

[mevertsen]

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Gotcha.

Oyyy. I guess people just have to argue.

Yes. It's bad. Can't say I've ever hunted chukar in stuff that bad. Anyone I have ever known avoid that type of country.

Lamoille Canyon in NV for the snowcock.

In the photo above... think birds more flighty than chukar dropping off the cliff and going to the river. It would take quite a dedicated person to be able to use a dog from the top, jump the bird and make it to where they land, with a dog and get there before the birds are gone, and not get the human or dog hurt.

 

[noharleyyet]

Awesome! I bumped into a few of them the other day...

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Beautiful...

 

[Irrelevant]

Oyyy. I guess people just have to argue.

Yes. It's bad. Can't say I've ever hunted chukar in stuff that bad. Anyone I have ever known avoid that type of country.

Lamoille Canyon in NV for the snowcock.

In the photo above... think birds more flighty than chukar dropping off the cliff and going to the river. It would take quite a dedicated person to be able to use a dog from the top, jump the bird and make it to where they land, with a dog and get there before the birds are gone, and not get the human or dog hurt.

It's definitely not for the faint of heart. But my dogs have been a helluva lot more capable than I've ever been.

And no, I'm not hunting my dog here:

At least, I don't think so.

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

That's quite an accomplishment. Do you come across mountain quail on your climbs?

 

[SoCalhunt88]

That's quite an accomplishment. Do you come across mountain quail on your climbs?

I do, I’ve got some good mtn quail spots over the years. Elevation/birds goes something like this valleys, mountains, chukar, sooties, ptarmigan.

 

[glass eye]

Congratulations on the high altitude bird

 

[old270hunter]

I’ll be damned, no dog in the race here, as I don’t hunt birds. But congrats and interesting. never saw one of those things and I have fished the area for sure.