Hells Canyon Chukar and Huns-2021-part 2
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- This is part two of my epic trip to Hells Canyon/Snake River in January 2021 to hunt Chukar and Hungarian Partridge.
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who else is binge watching these counting down the days until opening day?!?!
When the cow paths and game trails are on six foot contours, it’s steep. Chukar and Hun populations will always thrive in such wild places. I absolutely love hearing the birds flush and the squeak of chukar and the chirp of Huns. Eric, you have discovered a lifetime of great experiences. Thank you for bringing these videos to us!
Yes, it is an amazing place. Thanks!
easily one of the best outdoor channels out there, love the long videos
Wow...very cool. I have been doing the chukar/Hun thing a long time, and you really bring it home. Always a treat to watch.
Thanks Todd! 👊
It’s so cool hearing the echo of the shot rumble down the canyon
You are a helluva fine shot Eric. A pleasure to watch the fine dog work, fine scenery and your great shooting. Thank you.
Thanks! 👊
Walking back to elk camp, and enjoying the bench stroll, getting ready to drop another 1000 ft to the river, I just about stepped on a dozen chuckers a few year ago! Now that is a thrill. Great working dogs, and a must in that country!
I had a time in Nevada where I was going up a ridge in light snow. I ended up going back down the ridge on the way to the truck and noticed tracks on the way down where the chukar moved out of my way and then came back around behind me to avoid one of my dogs !
🤬figures😆
Ckukar sono grandi pedinatori ho iniziato la caccia alle coturnice siciliane quando avevo 18 anni nella mia carriers ne ho fatto tante adesso mi diverto ancora vedere questi video thank you so much 😊 😀
Beautiful views, great dog work and shooting! Can’t wait for this season to start.
Very good dog. Very good Hint.
I’m tired watching!! You are a blessed man. Awesome dog work! Just great video!
Thank you!
Thanks for doing the hard climbs I could never do in such great country. I really enjoy your hunts.
Finally, Part two! Absolute perfection. Congrats on the 8 bird limit!
Thanks Ben! 👊
Eric your a rockstar and so are the dogs! Your crushing it! Thanks for the videos, the hunting, and the scenery!
Congratulations on limiting out and the sweet double retrieve!!
Wow, thank you!
PLEASE never stop making videos. These are AWESOME!!
Thank you! 👊
Wow awesome videos,really enjoy your content and really well done !! Keep it coming
The dogs are coming into their own on hunting those birds up! Beautiful landscape. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos!
Thanks! 👍
Amazing footage and work with the dogs. Just incredible.
Thank you!
Love your videos, your dogs are incredible to watch. I can see you are a true lover of upland hunting keep putting out the videos
Thank you! 👊
These are just the best upland videos out there. Thanks so much for keeping them coming. We're going to have to fly you to South America to keep us happy through the summer.
😆 thanks!
Do Cece and Tubbs have passports?
We can just call them upland ambassadors 👍
@@oabeles Oren, if the continent of South America is smart, I'd outlaw Eric's dog called "Moxie" ...otherwise, upland birds would be extinct during one season :)
That’s so awesome brother , chukar hunting is my favorite hunt of them all , God Bless
Nice video Eric. Beautiful country and amazing dogs.
Not sure who enjoyed this more - me or my dog. He was fascinated the whole time and jumped at the close flushes. Great video!
Thank you , everyting in your record was beautiful 👌👍🌷🌵🍁
Thanks!
Your videos are great! I love watching them!
Thanks!
All I have to say is these videos are simply just amazing and have opened my eyes to bird hunting and just hope to do the same as you.
That’s awesome, thank you! Have fun out there! 👍
I am amazed at how long you dogs hold point and your footage is simply amazing, Definitely serves as inspiration for us amateur outdoors TH-camrs.
Thanks Greg! 👊
And an inspiration for those of us trying to cross over to “professional youtubers”. I’d love to crossover and get paid to do this!!!
Great video and great dog work. New bucket list destination for me! Nice shooting as well.
Another great video, dog work, shooting, and beautiful country!
Thanks! 👊
Thanks for part 2
Saw chukar hanging out with valley quail this year. I guess they go where the food is. Excellent video!
Love your videos and watching your dogs. Great job. 👍
Thanks 👊
Thank you sir that was fun
Great video. I’m a quail hunter from California hoping to step up to chukar next year. Watching you hunt inspires me
Awesome, have fun out there! 👍
Amazing video! Hells canyon is a special place
Quite simply fantastic .Your dogs are a real credit .I get to hunt red grouse here in the UK for a couple of days each year and like your chukar each bird shot is a real prize .
Very cool.. thanks Mark!
Hey, great video, awesome dog work, good shootin, cool scenery and thanks for cleaning up a little trash along the way.
Thank you!
Great video...awesome dog work!
Someone like me, who lives in the Northeast and has hunted chukars in their native lands (Anatolia), this landscape, the vista and whole setting seems surreal... As much as I love the northern New England, it is nothing like the West. The scale is mind-blowing.
Keep up man! You are doing good.
It is a different world out there for sure...thanks! 👍
Nice, I knew you would like it
Love the footage. Scene at 15:28 looks like you're at the foot of an old castle.
Once again thank you for sharing and I am very happy you are becoming addicted to chukars :p
Speechless. Fantastic! Top, top, top
Thank you!
I know how steep that is;) great dogs, excellent shooting and a spectacular vid. Thanks.
Thanks 👊
Awesome Hunt and great video. Your dogs are rock solid!
Thanks 👊
great hunt as usual
Very nicely done! Love to chukar hunt too!
Thanks!
Yeah, I’ve been there and done that on footwork. The proper stance for shotgunning Huns and chucks is any foot placement that keeps you upright and not falling down the hill! Great video BTW.
So true, Thanks!
Love the video there are really good
Man I love your videos. Can’t wait for Chukar season here in eastern Washington. I’ll be hitting the breaks of the Snake come October. And yes chukar are ridiculously tough birds. A lot of the old timers used to shoot 4’s from a full choked 12. I stick with 6’s cause I shoot 20 ga & 28 ga but yeah hard to kill birds
Awesome video! Keep up the great work. 2 weekends left in the season here in HI. Aloha.
Big wild chukars, great dog work, not at work and beautiful scenery what more could anyone ask for
Yep...it’s as good as it gets! 🤘
Great vids
Nice dogs and dog work.
Thx
Great vid. Thanks
I see the chukar/hun mix once every few years. Usually in places where birds are getting pressured enough that coveying back up becomes difficult and in colder parts of the year, they need 5-8 birds minimum to survive the night. I think it's survival based more than anything.
PS - That is pretty impressive shooting especially if you're not used to shooting those birds. So many people shoot over the top because most birds are dropping serious elevation when they fly away from you. Great video as always!
Cool...I didn’t know that was a thing. Thanks!
Awesome vid an even better dogs. I’m recently getting back into upland hunting with my boy an in couple months we get our first adventure with a GSP pup. Have a good one keep on keepin on 🤙🏼
Thanks! Have fun with that new pup!
Nice hunt great wild you are a happy man
Great video!!!
Awesome video as usual! Next time you’re out here you should make the drive down here to Emmett if you want to hunt some easier ground for chukar and huns haha.
My knees would appreciate that!👍
Excellent
Surely I'll watch all of your videos when ever I'll be free۔
Great videos Eric. I would love for you to to do a video on your truck and camping set up.
I’ve got one on my Patreon page. 👍
Love your videos. I would love to see you do a video on what equipment you use, cameras and mounts, shotguns, chokes, shot size etc. Keep up the great work.
Thank you!
Hi Eric, I'm just catching up with all you're videos, amazing. I hunt with a springer in NZ - great dog. I notice we have another thing in common, you're beard is also getting greyer as you don't get older.
Nice work
The dogs are working great, good hunting little brother)) Kipling Mowgli...®
Good shoot
Nice terrain good birds
Nice working dogs
I love your dogs❤️
So cool very nice working and soft mouth
Nice shooting man ❤️👍
Awesome dude
I wish this video had never an end
:(
Really enjoyed each moment
A new subscriber from Pakistan
Thank you very much! I’m glad you enjoyed it. 👍
Good hunting 👍🏿
Super video, you gotta be in great shape to get that high up, did you see a elevator for guys like me? Great shooting, those dogs are like gold! It was like you were there with you! Thanks again!
Thanks!
Gee Eric, you are a great shot, you don’t miss many chukars, especially at the angles given to you, they can be tough! Watching your other videos in Wyoming! I’m knocking the Cobb webs off my guns, throwing away my crutches, going hunting! Just joking!
Sicuramente hai dei fantastic
the scenery there was beautiful... those slopes looked really steep tho, but for January looked like you had great weather to hunt in!!! congrats on your first limit of Chukars!! thanks for sharing
Yeah the weather and scenery were awesome...one day it hit 60
I only hunt gambles quail and doves in arizona but seeing these chukar are driving me crazy i gotta find some 👍🏼
Road trip! 🤘
I think I would be scared for my dog in some of those areas. Beautiful country but a little rough for me to handle.
Great videos Eric, thanks for sharing. It's been quite a few years since I did that so I'm living vicariously through you experience. It's called Hells Canyon for good reason. A green unbroke rambunctious dog can easily go over one of those cliffs chasing birds on the rise. Do your dogs have any health issues with cheat grass, it looks like it's all over the place.
Not cheatgrass, but Cici had a grass awn last year that caused an infection and took 2 surgeries to find. Those things are evil.
A well done video. A beautiful area to hunt partridges. Many partridges, chuckar and grays. Very good dogs. What more could you want? The place where you hunt is similar to the one I used to go, but here it is small, because it is an island. Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands, Spain from Europe. Greetings. Ah !! If you can make a part of a video about what your station wagon is like to transport your dogs, how you have done it. It would be good. Greetings. Thanks.
Thank you! I have a video about my truck set up on My Patreon page. 👍
@@ericforrester1 thank you
Amazing footage and amazing dog work like always. How old are the 2 dogs in the video and what time of year were you out there, the weather looked amazing. Thanks for sharing!
Cici is 8, Tubbs 3, Moxie 1. It was January but the weather was beautiful! 😎
Outfuckingstanding Eric!...you can capture what is true upland game bird hunting and yes, chukar and hun hunting is the gold standard.
Thanks bro!👊
Great show it looks like you're having a lot fun. Nice dogs work and shooting. Are you the inside of oregon or Idaho. Thanks for sharing bro.
Mylar Ballon Triangle...🤣
Bonjour, very nice hunting video. Your dogs are wonderful. Message from a french hunter. See you soon
Thank you! 👍
Does Tubbs every wear out?? That dude hunts with you every day! What a dog! CC and Moxie crushed it too!
Yeah, Tubbs was in full beast mode!
Awwwsome hunt!
Are you shooting 12/20 gauge?
What shells do you use while targeting the small huns and medium chukar?
Spectacular is the only word that comes to mind. Could you share the boots you were wearing on this trip? Superior dog work as always.
Thank you very much! I mostly wear Lowa Renagades
Wish we could do hunting like that in my country.
We are very fortunate here.
Great vids and even better narration. Did you ever feel your truck and trailer were at any risk while you were out?
Thanks! I took my camper the first year I went out but I have camped in my truck since. There are some rough 2-tracks out there.
Eric - thanks to your videos, I’m going to Hell’s Canyon this fall for Chukars. Do you have any advice on what areas to hunt?
Hey Eric love the videos. I’m going scouting there this upcoming weekend and have never been. I’m not asking for your “spots” just had some random questions. Have you hunted the Oregon side? Are you always close to the Snake river or have you been “inland”? Thank you for your time,
J
Hey Eric, great video's! Getting my pup soon. What e collar are you using with the on point function and does it have GPS?
Nice one again. Do you take a sat phone or anything with you, those cliffs and rocks look treacherous? We're getting older you know, if something ever happened, do you usually have a plan in place?
Yes I have a spot device and a check-in plan with my wife. Those mountains make you feel ten years older!
Great video, well done, and ur a good shot. I need 80 shells to get 8 birds. Would love to hunt with u, I’m 4 hours away in montana
Great hunting! Thanks for the great video! Tell me please, is there any fish in this river?
Yes. Trout, salmon, and sturgeon I believe.
@@ericforrester1 Great set of fish! It would be interesting to see how you catch it. Unless, of course, you are fond of fishing.
Eric 'Dead Bird' Forrester. I think I've seen you miss twice in all these videos... lol
Had to tell one more of my chukar hunting stories here, I have so many great ones.
Me and 2 other buddies were hunting on a private 6K acre cattle ranch and the rancher was guiding us with his German wire haired dog. Us three hunters were walking three a breast on the hillside with the dog out front working out in front of us and the rancher was behind us controlling his dog with a whistle and verbal commands. The dog then went on scent and disappeared over the edge of the hillside and disappeared out of site of all of us. The rancher had to follow his dog down the terrain to retrive the dog. The low man hunter followed the rancher down to help find the dog. Long to short the dog loved to chase porcupines and ran into one on this particular hunt. Took the rancher and the other 3rd hunter well over an hour to pull hundreds of quills out of that dog's mouth. When the rancher was asked, "Well that will be the last time that dog goes off chasing porcupines!" the rancher replied, "It's the third time in 2 years ol Jube has done that, I am afraid he'll will never learn." Hearing that dog help out in pain as those quills were pulled out is a sound I will never forget. Keeping dogs close is an hard thing to do when they have rabbit in their blood.
Bon Apettito!
When you go into an area like this, are you going in blind or do you generally have some intel about said area?? Awesome video, checked feed for weeks waiting for it! Wish other birds hunting shows were as good as yours.
Thanks Ryan! I always try to go to general areas that are likely to have good numbers. But deciding where to get out of the truck is just about scouting, learning what the birds like, and putting in some miles.
Your dogs are superb as is your shooting! What do you use to keep the paws on your dogs from cutting on that type of terrain?
Dogs must have good feet or they are done in a couple days. For some of my dogs I use tough foot and conditioning.
Glad I stumbled upon your channel. Looks like some great content and good dog work. What distance were you shooting those chukars at on average?
Thanks! The distances were all over the place. Some flushed at 10 yards and some at 50+.
@@ericforrester1 that’s great. With such varying ranges what choke did you decide to go with? I’m a fan of LM for a do it all but with that wind and distance combined I feel like that might be to open.
I went with modified. I could have gone lighter in some areas. The variation in distance was all about how much pressure the birds had gotten.
@@ericforrester1 Modified is always a good choice when you might need to take longer shots but don’t want to destroy a bird up close. Thanks for sharing👍🏻
Que suerte tienen de tener terrenos libres, públicos , no los pierdan nunca. Saludos.
What gun are you using here? Awesome video and love the content.
Thanks. I’m using a Benelli Ethos 12 ga