WA Chukars

[MarvB]

Though even the best of dogs might get distracted at Pike’s lol

 

[ShootsManyBullets]

Though even the best of dogs might get distracted at Pike’s lol

. . . especially drug sniffing dogs

 

[Mule man]

Managed to get out of the in-laws early due to pass concerns and got out for a morning hike with brown dog. She's getting around better and better without her ACL, despite being 13... I would have given her a solid 5 out of 10 today. She got me on birds I would have walked by without her, but she also bumped birds I never got a shot at, and she couldn't find two of my cripples (I'll give her that there was a ton of other chukar scent to deal with).

I couldn't hunt the aspects with the most birds, the ground was too frozen and too steep to attempt without crampons. But we found enough on the sunny side to keep us entertained.

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Old dogs are are great, they have so much fun just going

 

[Irrelevant]

Old dogs are are great, they have so much fun just going

My mom has a soft spot for old dogs, thought has never been around bird dogs except mine. She thinks I'm being cruel taking her because her feet start to bleed and she's stove up for the days afterward. But not taking her would be the cruelest

 

[Mule man]

My mom has a soft spot for old dogs, thought has never been around bird dogs except mine. She thinks I'm being cruel taking her because her feet start to bleed and she's stove up for the days afterward. But not taking her would be the cruelest

I limit my hours for my old dog,I do treat her feet a week or so before the hunt. Heck I treat my own feet with the same stuff and I no all about being stove up....lol Just got to luv chuckar hunting

 

[Irrelevant]

I limit my hours for my old dog,I do treat her feet a week or so before the hunt. Heck I treat my own feet with the same stuff and I no all about being stove up....lol Just got to luv chuckar hunting

It's a passion i have a hard time explaining to others

 

[marshman]

My mom has a soft spot for old dogs, thought has never been around bird dogs except mine. She thinks I'm being cruel taking her because her feet start to bleed and she's stove up for the days afterward. But not taking her would be the cruelest

Try paw gold on her paws if you start applying before the hunt and after, it works quite well.

 

[Dwreckers]

Good job. I need to go East and try for some of those beauties

 

[Guy]

No chukar for me so far this season. Dog found some...

Me? Hit them? Say what?

It's been fun though. I did pick up some quail and shot some pheasant. Chukar... Sometimes I think of them as evil birds, luring dogs and hunters onto steep dangerous slopes, then simply flying away.... Sigh...

Congrats on getting a few.

Guy

 

[JLS]

Me? Hit them? Say what?

This is the story of some of my days