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| < 16ga. General Discussion ~ Two beautifull sights to a Fox owner/chukar hunter |
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Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:59 pm
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The first is a bank vault tight 16 GA Sterlingworth you got for a grand
The second is when you finally get to go downhill, then everyone is happy!
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Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:36 pm
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| 1 + 1 = "where's the dead bird pic?" |
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Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:47 pm
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I was afraid you would ask -there wasnt any birds in two days of hunting.
Had I not been there the week before and seen & shot so many birds I wouldve never known they existed. Not a squawk, track or any other sign that they were ever there. Oh well. Fresh snow is critical when Chukar hunting and most the snow was on the wane or crusted over. Plus there was a wind storm packing winds of over 100 mph the day before.
Here is a more sobering sight that one always faces when pursuing Chukars
Only another 800-1,000 ft to go!! |
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Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:02 pm
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| Wa desert? sorry you guys lost . we should have. |
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Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:06 pm
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| good luck with that gun. Enjoy it. |
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Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:21 pm
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Yes indeed - the Washington desert. Many folks don't thinof Washington like that. But if you were blind folded and dropped there, most folk's last guess of where they were would prolly be Washington.
Thats why I love this State on one side it s temperate and coastal and the other its either like you see here.....or even better the rolling wheat country.
Though here is one hazard of going from one side to the other:
This hazard was encountered at the very top of the second pass I have to cross on the way to Chukar country |
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Mon Jan 15, 2007 4:30 pm
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| Lived in Oak Harbor(whitbey island,(sp)as a kid, so I kinda guessed. used to do a little deer hunting on that side of the state |
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Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:27 pm
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Very nice - thanks for the pictures and the story.
I heard you could tell a chukar hunter by the size of his thighs and brain. Is that true? 
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Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:47 pm
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Yes - that is not rumour, but very true! I would say in order:
1. Small brain
2. huge lungs
3. Large thighs and calves
4. A sweaty neanderthal type brow.
5. A huge smile upon the face
6. A horrible grimace upon the face |
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Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:11 pm
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This is how much snow there was in this place the week before when the hunting was excellent. Chukars and snow just seem to go together round here. They seem impossible to find otherwise.
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