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 ...

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 ...

Nevada’s most popular upland game birds long have been the Gambel’s quail and the chukar partridge. The No. 1 spot among bird hunters is often the subject of debate, though anecdotal evidence tends to ...

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 ...

2017 counts reflect “normal” numbers, wildlife officials say. Hunters may have to hike a bit farther this year to find the hard-to-get chukar partridge. Chukar populations dropped sharply this year ...

Bob Karcz, photographer, sent me this lovely photograph of a partridge he photographed in his backyard in Silverthorne. During a cold winter day, they puffed up to keep warm. He identified it as a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GUNNISON GORGE NCA — It’s been said more than once and by more than a few that the reason we fish for trout is because they live in such beautiful places.

I find it impossible to put together letters on paper that will reproduce the call of a chukar partridge. Somehow, I think that if I could say and write that sound, perhaps I could also explain the ...

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