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Nothing gives me more joy than going scorched earth on those little masked banditos. Nice work
 
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I love/hate Chukar hunting. First time love, every time there after pure revenge.
No revenge here. I can’t get enough of it. Hunting pheasants is fun but I can do that when I’m old. Every day I’m out there I feel fortunate I have the health and physical ability to do this, and the dogs to enjoy it with.

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No revenge here. I can’t get enough of it. Hunting pheasants is fun but I can do that when I’m old. Every day I’m out there I feel fortunate I have the health and physical ability to do this, and the dogs to enjoy it with.

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That all looks like the terrain I use to hunt for the devil birds. We would leave camp around day break and head uphill, into the rimrocks.. We always had a few snacks, and plenty of water which was hard to find in the areas we hunted. we would hunt all morning with a few breaks, then stop for a long lunch somewhere in the hills. then we would work are way back to camp. If we were lucky we would get our limits, 6 birds, and not have to hunt the afternoon. Now at 74 with one new knee and hip, those days are over. I did love it though. I think all my GSP's loved it even more, hell I know they did.
 

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Man, I want to go hunt Chukar. I'm not sure my dogs are ready for that, yet. Maybe one more season. Maybe I'm overthinking it and should take them next year.
 

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Why do you question if they are ready?
My older one would be good to go. I haven't been able to get my younger one out as much as I should have this year. I had him out yesterday and he actually did really good.

We are used to hunting CRP fields or farm land. I have never had them in a wide open area like that. It is probably me that I am really questioning.

I had them both in the field together for the first time yesterday. It was a bit of the PIA to keep up with both of them, but by the end of the day, I was pretty comfortable with it. These are the first dogs I have ever had.
 
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My older one would be good to go. I haven't been able to get my younger one out as much as I should have this year. I had him out yesterday and he actually did really good.

We are used to hunting CRP fields or farm land. I have never had them in a wide open area like that. It is probably me that I am really questioning.
Unless you’re worried about one running off I wouldn’t worry about it. Both of these dogs were started on wild chukars at about 6-7 months of age. I use GPS collars on them but I can only think of one time when I needed it to find a semi lost dog. If they are running too big I just whistle them back in or tone them with the collar.
 

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Unless you’re worried about one running off I wouldn’t worry about it. Both of these dogs were started on wild chukars at about 6-7 months of age. I use GPS collars on them but I can only think of one time when I needed it to find a semi lost dog. If they are running too big I just whistle them back in or tone them with the collar.
They both will come to a whistle, only occasionally requiring a little nudge from the collar. I am confident neither would run off. I should go for it.
 
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