Now’s Your Chance To Hunt Utah Chukars During Winter Months

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

USA -(Ammoland.com)- Snowy, wintery weather is good news for chukar hunters. Once snow starts to fall, chukars — which roam over a large area during the warmer months — concentrate in smaller areas. That means the area you need to search is smaller, which will improve your odds of finding birds.

Chukar partridge also live in some of Utah’s driest country. That’s another reason why they’re a great bird to hunt in the winter. You won’t have to worry as much about getting your vehicle stuck in snow, or hiking through deep snow, like you might while participating in other hunts in the winter.

Colder weather also makes hiking less strenuous. And rattlesnakes are hibernating now, so you don’t need to be concerned about them either.

“In my opinion,” says Jason Robinson, upland game coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources, “winter is the best time of the year to hunt chukars.”

Robinson says another advantage to hunting chukar in the winter — or anytime during the season — is the tasty meal the birds provide.

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