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Nice. Ive pretty much chased every game bird with my dog in the lower 48. Even snow cock. I have to get up to Alaska for ptarmigan this year. Ill have to find my 37 now for some quail Have you felt a dog was an asset for snowcock? I've hunted them 4-5 times and feel a dog would be a liability for the most part, but have never hunted them that way. I always figured they'd not hold tight nor long enough for a dog, based on how far they normally flush from people. They usually flush 2-300 yards from me if I am not stalking them.
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Pretty birds.. upland game birds are works of living art. Tell me if you would your BBQ process for them.
I fire up the grill and throw a bird on the grate for 10 minutes and let it sit for another 10 or so. I am not exactly a gourmet cook, but I do have a huge schlong......so I've got that going for me.
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Hahahaha funny stuff. i have to look into this snowcock hunting
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Hahahaha funny stuff. i have to look into this snowcock hunting Saw a few during my brothers mountain goat hunt (Nevada). After reading a some articles then seeing them in person, I fully understand why they're considered the most difficult upland hunt in NA. Unless my dog was 100% staunch on point and whoa, there's no way I'd take one on that hunt. They (the snowcock) live in some amazing country though. The November 2020 issue of Gundog magazine has a good article about them.
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This is snowCOCK country: Looking DOWN at mountain goats makes a guy wonder what the hell he is doing with a shotgun in hand. They're neat to stalk though, even if you don't have a tag. Back to upland birds.....
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Living vicariously through Ted is exhausting.
😬😎🦫
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Seriously though, snowCOCK are the ultimate trophy IMO. Not just for birds either. They're more difficult than ANY critter I have chased. I've hunted them several times and have not actually got one. I hit one in 2018, knocking it sideways but it made it to a 1,000 foot cliff and I never could find it.
I've missed 5 now I think. It is hard to get good form when trying to spin around on loose rock with a cliff on one side and a 80% slope on the other-to get a 50 yard snapshot off.
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We gotta get some of these snowcock imported to SD
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Nice! You seem to be on a mission to wipeout the ptarmigan up there.
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Preserve hunt @ http://wvabirdhunt.com/Home_Page.php today with Joe (CF=ROOF) . Mixed bag pheasants, chukar and quail. Good place and a great pair of Setters who worked well despite the 30 kt gusts. Pic of one cock and a post pic of my 20 ga - was tempted to put the 16 ga barrels on but I have a lot more 20 ga on hand "in these troubling times"
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Seriously though, snowCOCK are the ultimate trophy IMO. Not just for birds either. They're more difficult than ANY critter I have chased. I've hunted them several times and have not actually got one. I hit one in 2018, knocking it sideways but it made it to a 1,000 foot cliff and I never could find it.
I've missed 5 now I think. It is hard to get good form when trying to spin around on loose rock with a cliff on one side and a 80% slope on the other-to get a 50 yard snapshot off. Would you ground sluice them if you had the opportunity?
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Seriously though, snowCOCK are the ultimate trophy IMO. Not just for birds either. They're more difficult than ANY critter I have chased. I've hunted them several times and have not actually got one. I hit one in 2018, knocking it sideways but it made it to a 1,000 foot cliff and I never could find it.
I've missed 5 now I think. It is hard to get good form when trying to spin around on loose rock with a cliff on one side and a 80% slope on the other-to get a 50 yard snapshot off. Would you ground sluice them if you had the opportunity? Ground sluice or have the potential for one to go parasailing 2000’ft down the mountain after I waded it up? Put me down for a ground sluice for the win and a trophy wall hanger. Grins 😎🦫
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Seriously though, snowCOCK are the ultimate trophy IMO. Not just for birds either. They're more difficult than ANY critter I have chased. I've hunted them several times and have not actually got one. I hit one in 2018, knocking it sideways but it made it to a 1,000 foot cliff and I never could find it.
I've missed 5 now I think. It is hard to get good form when trying to spin around on loose rock with a cliff on one side and a 80% slope on the other-to get a 50 yard snapshot off. Would you ground sluice them if you had the opportunity? You're damn straight I would. It very possibly could tumble into an abyss just as easily as one shot out of the air. The guy I hunt with has killed 5-6 and half of them looked like they got put into a blender before they stopped tumbling.
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laissez les bons temps rouler
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The dude shot a big male snowCOCK on his first trip in what the Nevada Department of Wildlife considers marginal habitat. Good for him, but man, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit envious!
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