I try and incorporate cast and blast options in all my trips. I love fishing, and it just works out my dog gets a break. I've got one dog now, and have to very mindful of his condition on all trips. Last thing I want to do is hurt the dude. He's not a horizon buster, but he does range a bit, but slower pace.The only chukar trip I’ve been on, I’d hunt hard one day, then fish the next day and let the dog recover.
Chukar can be hard for sure, but I’d take going up and down some steep inclines over busting thru cattails and snow drifts any day. That shit all day is truly the worst.
I concur in regards to the drift busting and cattails. Even thick CRP can tick me off. I usually forget about the suck once birds start flushing, then I'm an idiot and keep trucking.