Nicknamed the "devil bird," the chukar is not for the fair-weather hunter. These game birds introduced from the Middle East and southern Asia thrive in the steep slopes and treacherous terrain of the ...

In the side-by-side, rounding the steep shoulder of the mountain, we swung around a corner and saw a chukar step into the two-track. The guns were put away, but when two or three more chukar ...

SPRINGVILLE– The onset of winter is good news for chukar hunters. Once snow starts to fall, the birds concentrate in smaller areas. That makes it easier to find the birds. Also, fortunately, chukar ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... MESA COUNTY — Despite an abundance of quality habitat, the first indicator of our prey turned out to be a large man in a blaze orange hoodie riding shotgun ...

According to a recent press release by the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), its biologists are forecasting an upcoming season of mixed blessings for upland game hunters as chukar hunting is ...

BIGGS JUNCTION -- Chukar hunts rarely go well, but this one started better than most. For example, I got only as far as Multnomah Falls before realizing I'd left home without my shotgun -- as if ...

RENO — The hunting season for Nevada’s most popular game bird began Saturday with hunters facing poor to fair prospects. Nevada Department of Wildlife officials said hunters probably will find fewer ...

Gary Lewis / For The BulletinGrant Gehrmann with Earl and Gehrmann’s first chukar of the day. We finished our pheasant hunt early. Pete Peterson, our guide from Ruggs Ranch, said he thought we could ...

DWR– After flying in helicopters over two areas in Utah’s West Desert, Division of Wildlife Resources biologists have some exciting–and unusual–news to report. The number of chukar partridge in ...

Mark Midtlyng began hunting with his father and brother 39 years ago when he was a 12-year-old at Northwood Middle School in Spokane. Back then, he hunted mostly ducks, and he now admits he would have ...

On the last day, we walked up through hard snow, styrofoam-like and crunching beneath our boots. We watched the dogs work the slope in search of birds, surfing the waves of current coming down off the ...