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mulegemichael
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Location: sequim,wa. and mulege
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all this talk about hunting...not a lot of talk about the notorious chukars...famous birds that will kick yer ass everyday in the tallus...i've chased
em up and down, up and down...and the finest tasting game bird available...pomp...chukars???....as a ranger in eastern washington, i would drive the
roads till i saw a bunch of them, then jump out, load my gun and head UP, cause that's where they were going...an ankle twisting nightmare of pursuit
but when you finally get them in range the rewards are great...chukars can be REALLY dumb,(in cold weather), or REALLY smart, in warm weather...pick
yer time...i go fer cold...love it tho...
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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Russ
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CHUCKER! A four letter word for sure! I spent the better part of a pheasant season chasing after those birds *%$ birds in Asoton (sp) County E. Wash.
I think the last time my Lab looked at me and layed down and my legs wouldn't exit the car so I popped a beer and watched others get run around the
cliffs/mountain. They may be tasty but if you shoot like I do, one missed bird will bring tears to your eyes. Towards the end of the season my
"friends" reported they could see where I had been shooting. Little green spots all over the place. I went back to hunting pheasant and quail. It was
harder to see where I watered the terrain. And a lot fewer chuckles.
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Paladin
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Ground squirrels at Tulare County cattle ranches.
California Condors when the opportunity arises.
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mtgoat666
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Location: San Diego
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
How many nomads are hunters? |
Not me. I prefer to enjoy animals alive. Killing them does nothing for me.
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bajaguy
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Registered: 9-16-2003
Location: Carson City, NV/Ensenada - Baja Country Club
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Mood: must be 5 O'clock somewhere in Baja
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Chuker
The first several times I went hunting for Chuker, I thought it was like a high school "snipe" hunt.....no birds, walking about 50 miles of up and
down hills, never getting a shot. Afterwards we drank beer, ate ham sandwiches and told lies......
Now I am smarter.........I use a 81 mm mortar and start at the ridgeline, walking the rounds down until the birds are on the flat.....easier
shooting!!!!!
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Pompano
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Location: Bay of Conception and Up North
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Ridgeline chukars..and lowland gobblers
Great accounts of chukars and hunts, thanks.
Both great gamebirds that live in such different environments. A few times hunting those high country chukars with pointers and flushers who really
got into finding the birds, I thought my hunting chums might have to bury me up there...tough going for me these days. But I still go. Like going to
Baja, you can't live well without it.
Now for a slower and slightly bigger bird...
This flock of wild turkeys lived in our shelter belts and tree stand, but we never hunted them. Just fun to look and listen at times...right? I
shoot with a camera a lot more these days, but I still hunt the outside toms for the table. What would a Thanksgiving wild game dinner be without
turkey?
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. 
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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windgrrl
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I am a gust hunter!
Vegetarians rule,
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When the way comes to an end, then change. Having changed, you pass through.
~ I-Ching
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estebanis
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Registered: 11-11-2002
Location: Stuck North of the Border. They won\'t pay me
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Your dog, the Small Munsterlander, certainly resembles both a spaniel and a setter. A very handsome looking pointer, that I will assume is also a
good retriever?
I have visited Munster, Germany a while back, where, as I just read, this breed originated. Seems to be quite rare in the Americas.
We hunt quite a bit with shorthairs and pointing labs. Would love to have you join us with your dog for a hunt or two. Baja and Up North. Our
season starts Up North about Sept 1st and we have a few nomads that join us for dove, pheasants, sharptail grouse, partridge, sage hen, ducks, and
geese.
Again, nice dog!
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Simon is a young dog (2 Years) but doing very well in his development. We had a set back with the lousy season this year. I was counting on the
Northern Baja Quail for him to learn on. He Pointed 14 Pheasant in 2 hours on a recent "Canned Hunt" at Ace High Adventures near Harris Ranch. I am
hoping I can get with you and others while I am at my place this fall near Colonett. If I was the retired guy I am waiting 6 and half years to be I
would be all over working him with you up north. I am working towards his NAVHDA Utility test. He scored a prize one and 108 points out of a possible
112 when he was 14 months for his Natural Ability Test. You can read more about the tests on the Navhda.org website.
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Pompano
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Location: Bay of Conception and Up North
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Wonderful hunting dog and a great record.
Thanks for that, estabanis. I read all about the competition and only wish to have been there in person. I hope you are destined to have many good
years with your Munsterlander and can join us in Baja, ND and Montana for a few hunts.
Dogs certainly do add to one's life experience. Been fortunate to have had them all my life and they've been good friends all. Here's just a sample
of a few I have hunted with in Baja.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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24baja
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Location: Grants Pass Oregon/Bahia de Los Angeles
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My husband Brett and 2 sons are hunters, deer, elk, antelope, turkey, geese, duck, quail, bear and grouse have all ended up on our table at one time
or another. I hunted once in my life and couldn't bring myself to kill that beautiful deer so, I hunt fish, for some reason I can fish and it doesn't
effect me like it did with the deer. I am a dead on shot with open sites, but I don't like guns. Lucky for the deer, not for the fish!
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htnfool
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Location: Boise, Idaho/Mulege
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HUNTING is my ultimate passion in life.
Since I was about 9, I started killing squirrels and doves in Tennessee with a .410 bolt action. And now I hunt mostly with my Bow.
I shot this buck in Oregon (Steen Mountains) in Sept of 08. He scores about 210 gross.
Happy hunting
Okay Nomads, I need some help here! How do you attach a picture to this site? I clicked on 'Browse' , then on the picture I wanted to share, it
shows that the file is in the box, but doesn't have an 'apply' button. I even tried to just paste the file to the reply but that doesn't seem to work
either?
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Paladin
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Forgot to mention coyotas and mountain lions
A little BL spelling
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Pompano
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Location: Bay of Conception and Up North
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THIS COYOTE...
..was Lucky, our Coyote Bay resident coyote a while back.
Nobody would think to shoot such a character, but he had to go eventually.
Some cats started to disappear. 
So we trapped him, hauled him, (to Coyote Nirvana), and set him free.
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I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Pompano
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Hunting Quail, Pheasants, Partridge, and Dove in Baja and Navajoa
Can you hunt pheasants in Baja? Yes, believe it or not there are ring-necked pheasants in Baja..northern Baja to be precise. You can find pheasant
hunting about 2 1/2 hours from San Diego in the Mexicali Valley. Many years ago, the Chinese introduced these beautiful birds when they were brought
into the area to work on building irrigation canals. The birds prospered in that great environment and populations have been growing ever since.
The hunting method is the same as elsewhere in North America. You walk, with retrieving and pointing dogs if possible. All on private land. Over
80,000 acres of sorgum, alphalfa, and milo fields offer great wing-shooting oportunities as do the heavy covers of brushy ditches adjoining the
fields. Roosters love brushy fencelines, too. You will usually flush and shoot your limit of pheasants by noon lunch.
The weather can be anywhere from 35 to 80 degrees, and that can be very hard on dogs, so well-trained bird boys are employed instead. Forget about
heavy clothing, gloves, or raingear.
Dove shooting is fast and furious in the afternoons with pass shooting being the most popular. The birds are flying to and from water holes and feed.
We used the outfitter's .410 pump shotguns for a good afternoon of these whitewing doves. We have booked with Baja Hunting a few times in the past
with great success. Baja Hunting was founded in 1989 by owner Arturo V. Malo
We have also flown from Mulege to Navajoa on the mainland to sample the great dove field shooting available there through our guide/outfitter, Oscar
Santandar. Desert mule deer, peccary or javalina hunts were also offered, along with quail and ducks. Truly a quality hunt with a knowledgable and
professional guide. He is almost always booked 2 years in advance.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Cypress
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Turkey and bear season open next week up here in the north woods of Idaho.
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htnfool
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Location: Boise, Idaho/Mulege
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How do I post a picture on this??? Got some good ones to share.
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Cardon Man
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
Not me. I prefer to enjoy animals alive. Killing them does nothing for me. |
I quite enjoy animals alive as well. But certain species provide such great food...natural, clean, 100% organic food that you just can't buy. Good for
you on every level. There's a lot more to hunting than killing.
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classicbajabronco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
In my salad days (when I was just a young sprout), I was a pretty fair archer and the boys would take me out on midnight hunts to bring home the main
course for the luau.
Nowadays, I just avoid the bores (in pubs). |
Gypsy Jan,
Great tale! Boar/bore indeed!
I always like reading your Nomad name. My favorite lab was named Gypsy. She was with me for 15 years..through all kinds of weather, foreign
countries, and hunts. Her first trip to Baja was 1973 when she was just a mere pup.
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Here's my old gal...I sure miss her.
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Gypsy Jan..so..bow hunter, eh? I grew up bending a short Browning 52lb recurve...called The Hunter...I used broadheads with razor inserts. Long
before compounds appeared. Whitetail, muleys, and antelope were our main gamefare, but we had many grouse, fools hen, rabbit, and wild turkey
dinners.
Bowhunting whitetail as a teenager, I kept so still in the woods that the squirrels would sit on my head. Well, maybe 'not quite' that still.. But when a teenager all your senses are incredibly alert and I heard,
saw, and sensed everything in the wild very acutely. Later requirements were a lot easier because of my family's hunting tradition. I imagine your
boar hunts at night pumped a little adrenalin thru the veins? And the bar bores made you yawn....
My luckiest moment as an archer came at our Badlands camp when I surprised myself and my brothers hitting a startled jackrabbit on a sizzling run...
at 30 yards using a blunt normally used for camp grouse. That jack was a lot tougher eating than the grouse and cottontail, and my older brothers
were not impressed with my contribution to the menu.
We brought bows to Baja later, although they were compounds and strictly for target shooting in the backyard.
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that is the first photo i have ever seen a german shepard shown as a hunting dog....who did it do...ours hunts rats!!
the shorthair hunts everything else.
Chukars in Baja? where?
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Pompano
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Sorry, classicbajabronco...(boy, that's a lot to type)
The chukars are mountain-side types we hunt in Oregon, Washington, Utah. Unfortunately, the German Shepard in that photo was my buddies, not mine.
Mine is the black lab. The shepard, Chula, was a good rouster on upland game, but not a great retriever like my lab..nor would she come close to
holding a point like Gypsy, who was out of the first pointing lab kennels I had ever heard of at the time. Got her when I crossed the pond in the
early 70's.
There are no chukars in Baja...yet, anyway.
Stay tuned, you never know what may happen around here. I never thought we would see a golf course.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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classicbajabronco
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I hunted pluckers off the Columbia river in E.Wa..vantage area...I always have told the wife that pluckers would thrive here.
I wore out a fresh pair of boots in 2 days...my Shorthair threw the towel in and the 3 birds I shot either flew off a cliff, or burrowed down it the
rocks..
The dog and I returned to quail were we took limits for the next few days..
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