09-18-2006, 05:48 AM
I finally got out on a hunt this last weekend. I was hoping to go Moose, but no dice. Got all my stuff done, got the new truck, and so I figured I could use a weekend of blastin small game.
Went down south Friday night, despite the incliment weather, to my favorite Grouse area, Mt. Dutton. Amazing place. I got up top by Jones at around 6. Not quite so good weather.. Didn't matter. Nailed 4 big blues right off of the road.
Next day up at first light, to the top again. Limit by about noon. Gotta love it. My parents were fishing the Sevier, so I went to find them.
When I got to them, I jumped Chukar right up off of the road when I was turning around. A whole bunch of them, and they didn't go far. Grabed the 20, and stalked Chukar till about 6, when I finally had five. Along the way I even got a couple of cottontails, too.
Final morning, I went back after the Chukar. Couldn't find them strait away, but I eventually did. Gotta love decent boots and knee braces. Only nailed 2, but I had shots at quite a few. Again, blasted cottontails along the way.
It was nice getting out in Southern Utah this weekend. Weather turned out decent. Huntin was excellent, as usual. I saw a bunch of deer and elk, wild turkeys, heck even foxes, coyotes and one mean lookin badger. The fishing was good for my parents, too.
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Went down south Friday night, despite the incliment weather, to my favorite Grouse area, Mt. Dutton. Amazing place. I got up top by Jones at around 6. Not quite so good weather.. Didn't matter. Nailed 4 big blues right off of the road.
Next day up at first light, to the top again. Limit by about noon. Gotta love it. My parents were fishing the Sevier, so I went to find them.
When I got to them, I jumped Chukar right up off of the road when I was turning around. A whole bunch of them, and they didn't go far. Grabed the 20, and stalked Chukar till about 6, when I finally had five. Along the way I even got a couple of cottontails, too.
Final morning, I went back after the Chukar. Couldn't find them strait away, but I eventually did. Gotta love decent boots and knee braces. Only nailed 2, but I had shots at quite a few. Again, blasted cottontails along the way.
It was nice getting out in Southern Utah this weekend. Weather turned out decent. Huntin was excellent, as usual. I saw a bunch of deer and elk, wild turkeys, heck even foxes, coyotes and one mean lookin badger. The fishing was good for my parents, too.
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