The Hunt for Nevada Chukar | The Flush: Season 11, Episode 11

Travis Frank chases chukar in the mountains of Nevada with a duo of diehard upland bird hunters. Plus, they set the hook on trophy trout in Pyramid lake.
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[@ronblackburn3683]

Neighbor Peg said my dog Nitro looked abused and was considering reporting me to the local dog warden. We just had been chukar hunting the last four days. I challenged Pegs dog Whiffer (he was wide enough for two full sized dinner plates to rest level on his back) to a race around the neighborhood. Peg learned that chukar dogs are super athletes that day, no matter how beat up they appear. Thanks for a nice video guys!

[@aziffel4063]

The first time you hunt chukar is for fun. Every time after that is for revenge

[@kiotewolfer3278]

Some has hunted the devils chickens

[@doneason4494]

I have good boots but bad knees; my mountain climbing days are over. Great show!

[@alfakilla1]

I'm on the same boat brother....but thank God for "the flush" at least we can watch lol

[@farhadtorkaman6282]

Thank you man , Chukar hunting is the king hunting 💚 , and your country is so beautiful 👌🌵🌲🌷🌻

[@benwarner8995]

Great episode chasing my favorite bird with a couple of really good guys!

[@SHARPPITT]

Always good to see you guys videos , I breed shorthair pointers sold lots of pups to lots of people that love watching you guys , we got lucky on Chukar’s this year in California, Nevada is on my bucket list , God bless

[@outdooroutfitters3658]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@antoninobuttitta2343]

Mi ricordano le montagne siciliane quanto vivevo in sicilia vivo in new jersey ho pointer che uso per fagiani un giorno mi piacerebbe cacciare in nevada conosco molto bene questo selvatico e lo amo e rispetto tantissimo

[@guywiththepinkgun]

Wow Chukar are on my buck list!!

[@NicoRusconi49]

Travis, you are a real inspiration.

[@thomashowlin4353]

Absolutey loved this video ! Thank you

[@cowboyupland]

100 percent. Life is hard, life is beautiful. Chukar hunting is a perfect picture of that. Got me jonesing for December.

[@DBD510]

I hunt the same mountain range 👍🏽

[@alfakilla1]

Love yaw show...I just got in to skeet shooting so, I can ease into bird hunting and rabbit hunting

[@livingtheoutdoors]

If I knew travis was into hunting and fishing when we were in school staying in 6the grade till 8th grade I woulda called him up to go fishing with me when he lived up the road. Or hunting when I would always go. Hes a really great guy to know.

[@jamieargent7139]

Thanks for sharing were days I limited and days we walked miles. Have even seen them mixed coveys with Mountain Quail

[@manjunathaga584]

All Bangalore Magic

[@bristleconepinus2378]

nice big birds...i got my share in Hawaii's lava uplands. a wonderful bird to hunt, you don't want to be walking around w/ your gun broken over your shoulder. take good care of those lovely dogs tootsies, i used to run 4, in pairs...they'd dissapear in their houses til about Wednesday.

[@AfzaalWardag]

Nice hunt loved your words at 21:48

[@benwarner8995]

Are you serious!?! Yes!!! Thank you!!!

[@markmackey2138]

Nice video, used to hunt with Buck Smith but apparently he's gotten old and hunts out of a boat nowadays LOL

[@txoutdoors1564]

Good job 👍

[@garysanders8887]

Great video...great fly tying...great fishing....keep up the good videos...what kind of dog is that ?

[@torreyintahoe]

chukar hunting is a religion.

[@Saikat006]

Great video guys! quick question: what choke do you use for semi-auto and which one for the over-under?

[@mamathoriq9148]

Good👍👍

[@ruhollahmotaharinejad9859]

A tip for chukar hunting: When cubby flies away, get yourself to the place of that cubby ASAP where some of them are still there.

[@ImNotADeeJay]

we have these in Spain too, spanish name for it is perdiz (partridge)

[@Smitty-tc4ni]

Checkers are native to Pakistan and neighbouring countries. We have a few here in Ontario but not really a hunt-able population. I have only seen one in 20 years of hunting grouse in Ontario.

[@joncoffman9182]

what were the boots on the close up?

[@adamlewis4158]

I just ate a chukar tonight, I would recommend just going with chicken, could not tell a difference and the effort involved was way more than the quantity of food in my opinion

[@adamlewis4158]

I’m not saying to not hunt them, just not my cup o’ tea

[@andersonlirio2626]

Hey buddy! I follow you here on KZbin and your videos are great! Where was this? I’ve moved to NV recently from FL and this is such a different e environment and I’m taking in any tips I can

[@TheFlush]

We hunted in a few different locations on the western half of Nevada.

[@tayfurgnr]

Hi from Turkey 👋🏻. Which boots do you wear on these hunts? I also hunt partridges and chukar. Your mountains are very similar to the mountains I hunted. sorry my english is bad. I'll buy boots for hunting.

[@TheFlush]

Hi Tayfur! Travis was wearing Irish Setter hiking boots on that hunt. Here is a link to their website: www.irishsetterboots.com/

[@tayfurgnr]

@@TheFlush Thank you for your answer. I'm following you

[@talisikid1618]

Difficulty of terrain is not what makes the hunting experience. That’s why more people hunt outside the west. Too much effort for too little gain.

[@msavage138]

You guys just trash your shells on the ground? It's just as easy to put them in a pouch.

[@paulschmidt5390]

Having trouble understand the lack of success? Is that you hunted easily accessible areas for the show and it resulted in having to hunt pressured birds? The show gives the impression that chukar hunting is hard work with little success. I'm an avid chukar hunter and don't deny the hard work., for it's about the hardest hunting you can do, even compared to sheep and goat hunting. But, and not trying to brag, the hard work and rotating hunt areas and good dogs, results in limits for me 99 percent of the time. I've never seen a TV show depict how good chukar hunting really can be. Just looking for more realism.

[@benwarner8995]

Lol at limits 99% of the time. And how many days a season do you go after chukar?

[@paulschmidt5390]

@@benwarner8995 I breed and train German Shorthairs and shoot about 150 chukar a year. I hunt about 80 percent of the time on public land and a few on private or through private access to public. I know several avid chukar dudes that shoot more than me. It's not uncommon.

[@benwarner8995]

@@paulschmidt5390 I can believe the 150 count especially if you have been doing it for a while and have plenty of areas that produce birds. Just hard for me to believe that anyone that goes out more than a dozen times in a season will limit out 99% of the time, especially when you consider all the things that can happen out there.

[@paulschmidt5390]

@@benwarner8995 Guess I shouldn't have even made a comment, but I've never seen tv show or segment that shows how good chukar hunting can be. I have 45 years experience, lot of spots, don't over hunt the flocks, etc... Chukar are actually very predictable birds once you learn how to hunt them and have good dogs hold them for you. It's been several years since I didn't get a limit in a day of hunting. There are tons of birds on public ground and I kill myself chasing them. There's nothing better.

[@benwarner8995]

@@paulschmidt5390 I for one am glad you commented. It’s my prob if I believe your success rate or not, ultimately. I agree it’s such a rarity to see any shows on here with much shooting action on birds but I think a lot of it is how hard it is to get a cameraman lugging a 40 lb camera and batteries through that kind of terrain and get good footage so maybe they tend to go to the areas with easier access and gentler terrain. I’ve had a good deal of success hunting chukar although I am fairly new to western hunting and like you, I try not to quit until I get at least six in a day. I could use another dog, however.