Anybody go for state chukars today?

[JD48]

I didn't maybe tomorrow, you say?

[chessie]

I went to black river, only a few guys there. I assume all the birds were pushed back off the training areas and or killed by hawks or owls etc.

  never saw a bird. I will say my pup will go hard through the thick cover without hesitation , other then that he needs a lot more training

[JD48]

1 hour ago, chessie said:

I went to black river, only a few guys there. I assume all the birds were pushed back off the training areas and or killed by hawks or owls etc.

  never saw a bird. I will say my pup will go hard through the thick cover without hesitation , other then that he needs a lot more training

At least you got the dog out, surprised to hear only a few guys maybe they didn't know about it, training is always a little tough, but when it all comes together for the first time it's worth it

[rcolman018]

I wanted to get out this afternoon but kids activities and the wife had other plans.  Might take the pup over to Assunpink or Colliers Mill tomorrow 

[Batsto]

Yes! We made it out to Tuckahoe on Saturday morning. What beautiful crisp morning. We kicked up 3 Birds and re-flushed 2. Very pleased with the pup. It’s very nice the state throws out birds for practice.

[JD48]

55 minutes ago, Batsto said:

Yes! We made it out to Tuckahoe on Saturday morning. What beautiful crisp morning. We kicked up 3 Birds and re-flushed 2. Very pleased with the pup. It’s very nice the state throws out birds for practice.

Nice going

[bigtony]

Wanna got out but hvnt had the chance  cant take off from work. 

[OldPiney Woods]

Went to Colliers Mills this morning with my GSP. Found no chukars. Some of the cover was very sparse. The area around the power lines had different cover this year. The previous several years had milo. This year had corn?! Totally stunted. Guess the lack of rain was an issue but does planting corn in sand make sense?  Also some of the area around the power lines that had the milo just had some kind of low sparse weeds. Some of the other fields had the usual higher grass. Here are some pictures of the areas.

[JD48]

1 hour ago, OldPiney Woods said:

Went to Colliers Mills this morning with my GSP. Found no chukars. Some of the cover was very sparse. The area around the power lines had different cover this year. The previous several years had milo. This year had corn?! Totally stunted. Guess the lack of rain was an issue but does planting corn in sand make sense?  Also some of the area around the power lines that had the milo just had some kind of low sparse weeds. Some of the other fields had the usual higher grass. Here are some pictures of the areas.

Great pic, will try to get dog out tomorrow, do you still have to worry about chiggers?

[OldPiney Woods]

1 hour ago, JD48 said:

Great pic, will try to get dog out tomorrow, do you still have to worry about chiggers?

Unlike ticks chiggers are not active below 60 degrees. If you go early when temps are low you will have no problems.

[Coyoteslayer]

On 10/8/2022 at 6:51 PM, chessie said:

I went to black river, only a few guys there. I assume all the birds were pushed back off the training areas and or killed by hawks or owls etc.

  never saw a bird. I will say my pup will go hard through the thick cover without hesitation , other then that he needs a lot more training

I'm laughing because my lab last year ran full speed and jumped into a wall of sticker bushes!! Cut his dumb ass all up and I had to machete the thicket to free him lol.

[deadonshot2]

2 hours ago, JD48 said:

Great pic, will try to get dog out tomorrow, do you still have to worry about chiggers?

Was there saturday and sunday and saw birds on side of road both days. Also no chiggers or ticks this past weekend.