'24-'25 chukar season

[Irrelevant]

@Irrelevant @TheJason Curious about shooting at quail vs huns and chukar. (Notice I said shooting AT) I shot a ton of quail back day. It could go a box of shells per limit of birds sometimes.

If both all are on flatter terrain, which species is harder to hit?

I find huns are harder to hit, and quail are even harder. But it also matters how much pressure they see, both in terms of hunters and natural aerial predators. The terrain aspect is really what can make chukar so damn hard, because you're constantly about to fall.

 

[Irrelevant]

Post hunt meat haul

 

[brymoore]

@Irrelevant @TheJason Curious about shooting at quail vs huns and chukar. (Notice I said shooting AT) I shot a ton of quail back day. It could go a box of shells per limit of birds sometimes.

If both all are on flatter terrain, which species is harder to hit?

Easiest to hardest…

Quail

Huns

Chukar.

Quail aren’t hard to hit. They’re hard to find once on the ground. A flock of 50+ birds are going to give you a few easy shots.

Huns stay in flock formation. Walk up on the point, pick a bird or two to hit on the flush. Once you’ve used to the flushes, hitting a bird or double isn’t hard.

Chukar are terrorist. They’ll send out distant birds to have you empty your gun and then the easy, close birds fly at your feet. They’ll sit quiet after the shooting and send singles once your guard is down. Again, you’ll empty your gun and a few gimmes fly away. I think chukar fly faster off a flush than Huns.

If you look up the speed between Huns and Chukar, it shows Huns at 36 miles an hour and chukar at 50 miles an hour, up to 60 miles an hour downhill. I believe it.

I don’t think any of the birds are hard to kill if you hit them. I’ve been using 7 1/2s and improved cylinder all year. Most of my issues stem from shooting behind birds.

 

[SoCalhunt88]

This is a bit embarrassing but this pic was 15 years in the making. I'd never chukar hunted until I got my first bird dog, a GSP. She wasn't very good and we didn't have any success until she was 10. Then I got a few years of moderate success. Tucker is 3 and everything you could ask for in a dog (except for more hair on his legs) but my shooting has always been poor. I just get too excited. I can't count the number of times I've gotten 5, but never a full limit of 6, until today... #*^@#* yes!
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Congrats!