Shaking walls and whistling winds woke me around 7 a.m., and my ambitions to chukar hunt in the heart of the nearby badlands ...

It's said that your first chukar hunt is a bird hunt; every hunt after is to seek revenge. Chukar hunting is not for the weak of leg nor faint of heart and is demanding on both hunter and birddog ...

Hunters wishing to pursue chukars this season might be disappointed. Surveys by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game indicate the chukar population is low again this year - thanks to Mother Nature, ...