09-13-2005, 02:54 AM
Man that is harsh about that trailer. It looks like it could have been worse though.
I didn't have much luck chasin' chickens either. I jumped one, but it was in thick brush and I couldn't get a shot. That was all. My day was limited to a few hours of hunting due to other obligations.
I personally believe the weather had a lot to do with the lack of birds. A few years ago while archery hunting, there were stinking grouse everywhere. I could have easily killed my limit of birds each day, with my bow, for the week I was up hunting. Then, the night before the opener it snowed, and we only saw 3 birds in several miles of hiking! I thought man this sucks...then a buddy went up a few days later and got his limit within' a few hundred yards of his truck. He went up a couple more times and limited each trip. I didn't make it back up that year. This year a buddy had been doing some scouting in the area I hunt, and he was seeing a lot of birds. He only saw two grouse all weekend! So IMHO, the weather plays a BIG part of how the animals behave. I hope to get out again soon, and see if that theory plays out.
Good luck to all of you who are going out again. Can't wait to go chase some devils chickens (chukars) though!
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I didn't have much luck chasin' chickens either. I jumped one, but it was in thick brush and I couldn't get a shot. That was all. My day was limited to a few hours of hunting due to other obligations.
I personally believe the weather had a lot to do with the lack of birds. A few years ago while archery hunting, there were stinking grouse everywhere. I could have easily killed my limit of birds each day, with my bow, for the week I was up hunting. Then, the night before the opener it snowed, and we only saw 3 birds in several miles of hiking! I thought man this sucks...then a buddy went up a few days later and got his limit within' a few hundred yards of his truck. He went up a couple more times and limited each trip. I didn't make it back up that year. This year a buddy had been doing some scouting in the area I hunt, and he was seeing a lot of birds. He only saw two grouse all weekend! So IMHO, the weather plays a BIG part of how the animals behave. I hope to get out again soon, and see if that theory plays out.
Good luck to all of you who are going out again. Can't wait to go chase some devils chickens (chukars) though!
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