Just wanted to wish everyone good luck this weekend. Chukar season opens up on Saturday, and that is always a big deal here in Nevada. Should be a state holiday if you ask me. Anyway, best of luck to everyone, and I hope that you all have a great time!!

Jay

Last weekend Coby and I went Sage Grouse hunting with Joe, who I believe to be one of the very best bird hunters in the area. Unfortunately, the season opened on Friday, and by the time we got there on Saturday the birds had obviously seen some pressure and were a little more educated than they would normally be. So, we all saw Sage Grouse, but none of us were able to get close enough for a legitimate shot at them. The dogs all got some good work in pointing chukar though, so it was a good day regardless.
Saturday night I drove east bound to a little Blue Grouse hunting spot. I spent the night in the back of my truck sharing a sleeping bag with two dogs (not ideal), woke up the next morning, and had a great hunt. We got a limit in about 75 minutes, and all three birds where pointed. Shooting Blues over pointing dogs may well be one of my favorite things in the world to do.

Jay

Bird Hunting season is officially underway here in Nevada and has been since the beginning of September. No, chukar, huns, and quail are not open yet, but Blue Grouse, which is a new favorite of mine is open, and in parts of the state the short Sage Grouse season opens this coming weekend.
In appreciation of bird season I posted the picture above. Cash is on point, and Porter is backing.

Jay

Our shipping manager, Don, and myself spent a few days last weekend in the Eastern Nevada mountains hunting mule deer with muzzleloaders and living out of back packs. We looked at a lot of different bucks every day, but nothing that we would consider a “shooter”. We hunted basically from the valley floor all the way up to about 9000 feet, and there was deer spread out the whole way. Our camp at 9000 feet was a lot of fun because we were surrounded by mountain goats. All day long there were goats around us, and all night long you could hear them walking around the rocks just above us. It was a very fun experience. All in all we had a great time. Proof once again that hunting is about the whole experience and not just about killing an animal.

Jay

I had a great three days of Blue grouse hunting last weekend. By the time we arrived in camp on Saturday, got camp set up, and drove the ATV up to where I was going to hunt, I only had about an hour of hunting time. (I actually had much more than that, but I do not like to hunt late into the evening for two reason; One, if I lose track of a dog I want to have time to locate him before dark. Two, I don’t like to push birds right before dark as that is when they are preparing for evening/night and pushing them into places that they wouldn’t ordinarily be or busting up coveys makes them more susceptible to predation.) So, I hunted for about an hour and was very pleased to get two grouse.
The next day Lisa and I drove the ATV up again to where we had hunted the night before. This time we hiked one level higher and quickly shot a limit of birds.
On the third day we drove back to the same general area. This time Lisa brought her lawn chair, her cup of coffee, and a book. She was able to sit on a big knoll right at the bottom of the big north facing bowl that I hunted. We also had radios so that we could keep in touch. This way she could relax and watch the whole hunt from the comfort of a chair. She loves to watch the dogs hunt. I hunted even higher than I did the day before and was again able to get a limit.
Lisa and I had a great time, and the dogs of coarse were pretty happy about things as well. Of the birds that I shot, only two were not pointed, which is pretty good for a western Blue Grouse hunt.

Jay