After a bit of a slow start on our first couple of bird hunts, my buddy, his son, and I finally found a few birds this weekend. We each came home with six chukar apiece. I had the opportunity to fill my limit of eight chukar, but decided that this year I would only shoot birds that my three year old German Shorthair, Rudy, pointed. It was hard to hold off on a couple easy shots on coveys that flew right over my head as they busted early.
During this trip, I also ran into two of the largest mule deer bucks I have seen this year. The largest buck was a very symmetrical 5x5 that was pushing the 185 mark. Unfortunately, I first saw them at about 60 yards away and neither of them wanted to stick around long enough for me to take a picture of them. We did spend our lunch break watching a herd of over 100 elk which contained a couple of nice 6 point bulls. Below is a couple of picture of our Saturday adventure.
