Upland Hunting - General

[Sparse Gray Hackle]

Don't know about safer, but having an elk already in the freezer helps lol

Didn't hunt ptarmigan again, although the season isn't over yet...

I’ve never hunted birds with a drunk who threatened to shoot the poker tent lantern out, and for that matter never hunted birds with people who had a poker tent.

On an elk hunt in1983, (my last big game hunt) that is exactly what happened.

 

[Wyo37]

That's a pretty wild elk camp!


Ol blaze finally pit it together on a covey of chukar

 

[Sparse Gray Hackle]

That's a pretty wild elk camp!
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Indeed! In this case, elk hunting was simply as an excuse for poor behavior.

Nice shot of Blaze and a brace of chukar.

 

[Highlander]

Didn't hunt ptarmigan again, although the season isn't over yet...

That is on my list... though I know how much challenge it is for the hunter and the dog.
That and the blue grouse might become my favorite based what I see in the video and photos.

 

[Wyo37]

And today was rock bottom! Saw 60-70 huns, probably 7 different coveys. Blaze found them, and proceeded to run right through all of them. Heartbreaking lol.

 

[Wyo37]

That is on my list... though I know how much challenge it is for the hunter and the dog.
That and the blue grouse might become my favorite based what I see in the video and photos.

Blues are an odd bird. If you get on them early enough in the season, out in sage brush feeding on hoppers, they are awesome. In the timber, they'll just hop to a tree limb...

 

[Highlander]

In the timber, they'll just hop to a tree limb...

My friend hunts them in western Washington. Her dog points them on the trees if there enough wind.
Surprisingly, where she hunts them in the same mountains there are a lot of ruffed grouse but on lower altitude.

 

[Wyo37]

My friend hunts them in western Washington. Her dog points them on the trees if there enough wind.
Surprisingly, where she hunts them in the same mountains there are a lot of ruffed grouse but on lower altitude.

Yep same thing in NW Wyoming. Blues and ruffs in the same mountains.

 

[Highlander]

How is your season going fellas?
I have been enjoying the woodcock season in NE. Here are there I pop those stupid pheasants too.

 

[gps4]

Just got back from a 5 day trip to SD for freelance public land bird hunt….







We always enjoy a quick trip to the prairie…

 

[Highlander]

Find the bird in the phot.

 

[plh]

We had another excellent past 3 day weekend in South Dakota chasing ditch chickens (Pheasants). Even the 11 month old Lab (mix) started to catch on, she had some excellent training partners.

 

[Wyo37]

Find the bird in the phot.

 

[waveslider]

Indeed! In this case, elk hunting was simply as an excuse poor behavior.

Sadly, times haven't changed much. Only now the ever-increasing "hunters" have a SxS they can drive all across the roadless landscape and wilderness, roads they can drive down looking to shoot stuff out the window so they can post it on the 'gram and a growing cadre of Social Media misfits that tell people who don't have any business shooting a critter at 100 yards that they can shoot one at a thousand yards but only if they have...<insert sponsored gun here>

 

[Sparse Gray Hackle]

Sadly, times haven't changed much. Only now the ever-increasing "hunters" have a SxS they can drive all across the roadless landscape and wilderness, roads they can drive down looking to shoot stuff out the window so they can post it on the 'gram and a growing cadre of Social Media misfits that tell people who don't have any business shooting a critter at 100 yards that they can shoot one at a thousand yards but only if they have...<insert sponsored gun here>

Just spoke to friends who returned from hunting sharpies and Huns in Montana. They report large groups coming into the area, taking over public lands, and ruining the hunting for many others. Stunts like road hunting and shooting from or across the road, multiple hunters sweeping an entire area in a single paSS, out of control dogs…

Looks like another sport and area is being abused by the knuckle dragging crowd.