Also, never seen anyone hunt pheasant or chukar cold either. Chukar, especially, are typically in some pretty rough, steep, rocky-slidy country akin to deer (only half-jokingly, even sheep grin) habitat.

You hunt chukar cold, and chukar win. Hell, chukar win even when hunting hot, most of the time.

Now, that does not negate getting to a nasty spot and unloading until breached. But once across/over/under, it's back to hot.

I suppose hunting with pointers might open the door to hunting cold here.

But with flushers ...

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