Saturday, September 25 2010, Dan and a bunch of friends from Ogden and Salt Lake area, Clint, Rob, and Mike, went hunting chukars, huns, and sharptails out in Howell Valley, Utah just west of Tremonton.  We were hunting on a UDWR Walk-In Access Property and had a blast.  We ended up getting 13 chukars, 0 huns, 2 sharptails, a jackrabbit or two, and a couple feral pigeons.  There were lots of sharptails for the taking, but the rest of us had to watch Clint take his limit because we had not gotten tags.  Next year we all may have to get some of those sharptail permits.  

We ran into one group of chukars first thing, sitting on a rocky dam, and we got 6.  Then we hiked all the way to the top and got into another covey and got another 7 before the day was through.  I ended up getting only two chukars because I seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Thats hunting though.  We never did see any Huns, which I was looking forward to because I had never hunted them.  We ended up having a great day, with some good memories.  I would like to thank all the guys for inviting me along.

This next picture is of an unidentified flying object :)

I was hoping to get a better look at this bird.  It was out in the grassland pastures adjacent to the marsh pond I hunt.  My guess is that it may be a juvenile pheasant, because I saw a bunch of those the day after this picture was taken.

And last but not least, the opener of the the 2010 waterfowl season, October 2, was a great success in our eyes, even though we will forever be known as the Hen Slayers.  Dan, Sam, and Dan's brother Kevin, went out for the opener to the beloved duck blind.  It was a fun day full of too many missed shots, interesting events, and great fun!  We killed only 4 hen mallards and 1 hen pintail for the day.  We tried a few geese that were at least 50 yards, many ducks at the same distances, but we just we not good enough shots I guess.

We were very hopeful when we sat at our pond until 7:30 a.m., shooting time, with about a dozen mallards and wigeons to keep us occupied.  The problem was, they all left by 7:15.  Smart birds!

After 7:30, everything was scared to death of getting near the ground.  We could not get anything to decoy, so it was a struggle to get what we got.  If it would not have been for Kevin, shooting 3 ducks at long distance, we may not have gotten these.  We had a great day, and we want to thank Kevin for coming up to hang out with us for the weekend.