Thread: Chukar - sourcing birds or eggs

THANKS!

It's not a lot different from our country. We have had a terrible 4 year drought that decimated the birds, along with the sagehen and deer. Springs I had hunted for 60 years were dry for the first time in my memory.

What size are average coveys? Ours are about 15-25 birds early in the season, which opens the second Saturday in November and goes through the first Sunday in February. We now have a 6 bird daily limit and 12 bird possession limit. We shoot American size 6 shot high base loads, and I switch to 5s later, as they get bigger with more feathers, and as they flush wilder. Dogs are necessary, especially after we break up the covies and work singles out. We get good points then.

That would also be good mule deer habitat, by the way.

That is one tough dog you have there! I love it.