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 ...

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 ...

As the pickup slides to a stop in a remote corner of Elko County, I can’t help but chuckle. There in the dusty cloud kicked up by the truck’s tires is a gathering of critters strolling casually along ...

Chukar hunting is not for the weak of leg nor faint of heart and is demanding on both hunter and birddog alike. Chukars live in steep, basalt rock covered country, strewn with prickly pear cactus, ...

Seasons for two upland game birds — chukar and Hungarian partridge — open today in Idaho and next Saturday in Utah. Opening days usually bring a flurry of hunter activity. Forest grouse gives people ...

Three days of upland game hunting fun starts Sept. 19. That’s the first day of Utah’s three-day youth chukar and gray partridge hunt. Those who were 17 years of age or younger on July 31, 2014 can ...

Up on that ridge there are junipers that were old before there were any Himalayan chukar in Central Oregon. In my mind, junipers and cheatgrass and this Eurasian import are linked. And there is no ...