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 ...

Time to start training for the harshest bird hunting terrain in the region, since chukars may be one of the saving graces in a season of mixed news for upland bird hunters. The highest chukar counts ...

BAKER CITY — Russ Elms has hiked many hard miles in a fruitless search for his feathered quarry. But not recently. The miles are still hard, to be sure. The torturous topography which chukars, a type ...

The number of chukar partridge has skyrocketed in many places in Utah this year. The general hunt starts Sept. 26. During a recent helicopter survey over central Tooele County, wildlife biologists saw ...

The United Field Trialers Association held the Bill Roff Memorial Chukar Championship April 14-16 at Fairbanks Rod and Gun Club for about 75 dogs. Participants and their bird dogs of various breeds ...

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Chukar hens and their broods also are occasionally encountered on trails or roadsides. Generally, however, hikers chance upon this bird as it explodes from underfoot and whirs away, invariably ...

A friend just sent me a photo of a strange bird at his brother’s feeder in Stratham, New Hampshire. It had been hanging around with his chickens. This might have been a routine bird sighting to him, ...

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 ...