Henry Rifle Forums

Hopefully heading out to my spot for quail and chukar, which opens tomorrow. 12ga, imp cyl and #6. Fun!

I've never hunted western Quail or Chukar .... really looking forward to your reports and pictures ===>

Good luck Tom those Quail are mighty fine eating. Might as well go hunting those Dodgers are gonna be out in left field

Pheasant season starts tomorrow in SD besides grouse and prairie chicken, Hungarian partridge. Big business in SD, knee feels good might just give it a try!

brm4450 wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:30 am

Pheasant season starts tomorrow in SD besides grouse and prairie chicken, Hungarian partridge. Big business in SD, knee feels good might just give it a try!

Remember growing up in S.D. and hearing pheasants in the cornfields. Sounds of autumn.

Ditto on quail being fine table fare. My favorite wild game to eat, along with dove.

Back home. I'm tellin' you folks, I'm getting too old for chasing chukar. I was out of breath and cuss words in about 10 minutes! Those birds simply mess with you. Got two, along with 5 quail, which were a bit easier. Those chukar, you chase 'em, they go down, go back down, those guys go up! Geez!
Had a good time tho and slept like a baby last night in camp. Course beer had nothing to do with it. Clean the shotgun tomorrow, watch game 7 of the Dodgers tonight and zzzzz!

Hey All,

I loved hunting chukars on rocky hillsides in Oregon. So fast and low flying really a challenge to hit.

-Ed-

Rifletom wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:17 pm

Got two, along with 5 quail,

sounds like a good day's hunt to me ..

Jim, it was indeed. But, turning 70 next month, that was exhausting. Maybe 1 or 2 more upland chases in me. But, man it IS fun. I think!

Rifletom wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:45 pm

Jim, it was indeed. But, turning 70 next month, that was exhausting. Maybe 1 or 2 more upland chases in me. But, man it IS fun. I think!

having turned 70 a few years back I do recommend enjoying your youth while you can .. .. if I ever get another chance to bird hunt, I'll have to be a stander .... my days of walking the fields and flushing them are long gone

Oooooooo, the memories of chasing Chukars up and down the Snake River breaks in South East Washington State. Ooooooooo, it hurts just remembering the pain. Then, there’s the rattlesnakes but that’s another story.