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She is 7 or 8 years old now and is much more peppy than my last lab at the same age. I often hunt for three consecutive days (long days) and she hasn't slowed down at all. Additionally, she hunts equally well in sparse cover for chukar and quail and in thick cattail patches for quail and...

I have owned a Draat, several Labs and have enjoyed them all. However, my current dog is a Griffon. I selected the breed because my last Lab wore my ass out. So I googled "slow" "methodical" bird dog breeds and Griffon came up as fitting those traits. She is by far the best dog that I have...

I do like the surprise element for sure.

Actually there are a couple of spots that you can expect to run into all three (chukar, quail and pheasants) during one hunt. A couple of times you get up a covey of birds that have a mix of species in it.

Yes, there is a place that we killed chukar, quail and pheasant all in the same area. Most of the areas that have chukar also have quail but pheasants are a little closer to agriculture. We also have another spot where we have Huns, quail and pheasants all in the same spot.

Thanks, Ditto for me. I shoot skeet and trap and do well. I shoot well when its a rooster but quail and chukar are so fast and as I get older and slower they seem to fly faster and even harder to catch up to, but man I love the challenge!!

I apologize LittleBigHorn22, perhaps I'm a little sensitive about my poor shooting.

Why would you be critical about the number of shells that I carry anyway Littlebighorn? Having more than I need is always better than not enough.

10 quail, 2 pheasants and 8 chukar would be the limit. Also that is a unicorn of a day. I have carried 50 shells and run out. I don’t like to be in the field and out of shells.

I hunt quail, pheasant and chukar all at the same time, additionally I typically will hunt 1/2 a day (7miles), I shoot roughly 25% for all species and I see a lot of birds so I bring one box in my shell pockets and bring a spare in my game pouch. This post makes me sound like a pretty poor shot!!

I grew up hunting wild birds and hopefully die hunting wild birds. I'm not saying that pen raised birds don't have their place in the bird hunting world. In my opinion pen raised birds are a lot like a bluegill pond or a brook trout stream when I was a kid. It was low skill high return with...

I always have a leatherman, a dog water bowl, water and a little can of disinfectant and blood coagulant (Red Hot) on any day trip for over night trips, I have a pretty extensive dog medical bag that has pretty much everything that I might need such as extra shells, cleaning kit, dog and human...

The following story is a fishing story, not a hunting story but it is a doozy!! Additionally, it is absolutely 100% true. A friend and I were down at Lake Powell and our intent was to load a boat with camping gear for 4 days and head up Lake about 30 miles and camp out and fish. We loaded up...

Yea but are you noisy? Lol

I am having a pheasant that I shot last year added to this mount.

What a thread!!! This thing has taken so many turns and it ended up with a whiskey discussion. A hunting trip without a good Pale Ale at the end of every day wouldn't be a day. and as the sun sets and the coyotes come out a little Makers Mark is necessary. It makes my feet, knees and...

Unfortunately, chukar hunting is a lot like elk hunting for me. Every chukar and elk season ends with me wondering if I have another season in me.

Chukar are the only upland bird that I hate and respect at the same time.

I fell in a lava rock outcrop and shattered the end of my middle finger by falling on my gun and I fell through the ice on a river this winter two miles from the truck. I lost most of my shells and had hypothermia by the time I got to the truck. Getting older and doing dumb!! I thought age and...