Chukars and Huns

mark46th · 10-03-2009, 23:11

Chukar season opens Saturday the 10th of October...This can be some rugged bird hunting. They run up the mountains to get away, when you go up after them, they fly back down and laugh at you....

mojaveman · 10-03-2009, 23:20

What mountains are you talking about?

Just curious. I'm also a hunter and live in Socal.

mark46th · 10-04-2009, 08:15

I am going to Nevada- from North central up towards the Oregon border....There are some in California, the best place is out by Randsburg, but there are a lot of hunters out there. There are also a few out in the mountains around Ludlow.

Crikey · 10-06-2009, 11:41

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Originally Posted by mark46th

I am going to Nevada- from North central up towards the Oregon border....There are some in California, the best place is out by Randsburg, but there are a lot of hunters out there. There are also a few out in the mountains around Ludlow.

I get them while hunting ducks and Pheasant in ND. Wily bird but great tasting if you can bag a few. I was not aware they were in NV or CA. We just had opening quail season here in AZ, they have the same MO. Fly up a steep ridge then fly down once you get to the top. I can hear them laughing at me all day long.

mark46th · 10-06-2009, 19:35

Actually, there are quite a few in Nevada. Go to the Nevada Dept of Wildlife site and search for chukar forecast. I am going to try and get down to Arizona for quail in November- I love hunting Mearn's down by Patagonia...

mark46th · 10-14-2009, 21:27

Got back from Chukar hunting Monday night. It had rained the week before so the birds were scattered. We finally found some when we figured out where it hadn't rained...I did see turkey, a few Valley Quail, deer, sage grouse, prong horn antelope, a golden eagle(Big dude!!), various hawks and falcons plus some coyotes...