Chukar Culture

09/01/2024

I should have known better. As usual, I didn't. Grouse in Idaho opened two days ago, so we decided on our initial attack today. Today's high is supposed to be 96. It's been hot, and smoke from a new fire near Cascade has choked our valley thickly after a brief teaser of a few clear days. The hills are parched and the trails talcum....

I should have known better. As usual, I didn’t. Grouse in Idaho opened two days ago, so we decided on our initial attack today. Today’s high is supposed to be 96. It’s been hot, a…

08/26/2024

Thirty years ago I spent a month in Turkey. Erika had invited me to join her, and initially I thought it was a bad idea. I'd been chronically depressed and my therapist worried something bad might happen and trigger a personal catastrophe way over there. But I decided to go, and the thought of being in a different place began feeling more and more exciting....

Thirty years ago I spent a month in Turkey. Erika had invited me to join her, and initially I thought it was a bad idea. I’d been chronically depressed and my therapist worried something bad …

03/02/2024

Big price drop on this Chukar Hills Paradise Property home in my old neighborhood! From $559k down to $539K. 5 acres, newer house, shop, amazing views, close to Hells Canyon. Hard to beat. Check it out!

This fine house and shop on 5 acres just outside of Cambridge is right in front of my old house. You can see it in a bunch of my posts on my chukar hunting blog, Chukar Culture. The home-base proxi…

02/20/2024

This is literally THE BEST value in chukar hunting property I've ever seen. It won't last (because I'm trying to figure out how to buy it, as I know a lot of you are, too!). Check it out. Let me know if you want to see it!

Ideal turn-key hunting cabin on 5 acres near Brownlee Reservoir, Hells Canyon, and some of the best public land hunting opportunities in the country.

02/13/2024

Please like and follow my real estate page, Chukar Hills Realty. I can help you find the perfect basecamp for chukar hunting in Idaho!

This fine house and shop on 5 acres just outside of Cambridge is right in front of my old house. You can see it in a bunch of my posts on my chukar hunting blog, Chukar Culture. The home-base proxi…

02/12/2024

If you're thinking of moving to chukar country, please check out my real estate website (Chukar Hills Realty) and page. I'm promoting properties I find that would be great home bases for hunting in the Hells Canyon and surrounding areas. I can help you find the perfect solution to your chukar problem!

https://chukarhillsrealty.com

Dedicated and diligent rural Idaho real estate specialist with Silvercreek Realty Group.

01/15/2024

I ran into a friend the other day who gave me crap for not posting anything for a while. I appreciated it. This used to be my favorite time of the bird season. Not as many people to contend with. Peace and beauty of a remarkably different quality. The "certain slant of light." Snow concentrated the birds into predictable places, and they seemed to hold better....

I ran into a friend the other day who gave me crap for not posting anything for a while. I appreciated it. This used to be my favorite time of the bird season. Not as many people to contend with. P…

12/20/2023

"Maybe we fear that the work we depend on images to do for us -- the work of immobilizing, and therefore making tolerable -- will be undone if we throw the image back into the flow of time." -- T.J. Clark, The Sight of Death (8) "I think we hide, necessarily, from an understanding of what is most to be avoided in the sight of death." -- T.J....

“Maybe we fear that the work we depend on images to do for us — the work of immobilizing, and therefore making tolerable — will be undone if we throw the image back into the flow …

12/16/2023

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So far I’ve promoted built properties with acreage. It occurred to me (after two people suggested it; I am sometimes that guy) that there are a bunch of opportunities right now for anyone who…

12/14/2023

This will probably be the final post for a while about Hercules. The town hall meeting called by Hercules Silver Corp last night in Cambridge was, unexpectedly, packed (I took the photo above before everyone had arrived). Hundreds of people showed up for what was, expectedly, a PR presentation by Chris Paul, CEO, and Chris Longton, VP of Exploration. I recognized many ranchers, teachers, and other community members in the crowd, as well as journalists, representatives from Idaho Wildlife Federation, Idaho Fish & Game, and Backcountry Hunters and Anglers....

This will probably be the final post for a while about Hercules. The town hall meeting called by Hercules Silver Corp last night in Cambridge was, unexpectedly, packed (I took the photo above befor…

12/13/2023

12/11/2023

Some news about the Hercules Silver project on the Cecil Andrus Wildlife Management Area. First, Hercules is hosting a "town hall meeting" about its project this Wednesday evening (Dec. 13) at 7 p.m. in the Cambridge Exhibit Hall (see photo below). If you've hunted down there, and can make the meeting, it would be a great opportunity to ask questions or express concern for the future of that area, its wildlife inhabitants, and your rights to use public land in Idaho....

Some news about the Hercules Silver project on the Cecil Andrus Wildlife Management Area. First, Hercules is hosting a “town hall meeting” about its project this Wednesday evening (Dec.…

12/11/2023

There will be a townhall meeting with Hercules Silver Corp on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13 AT 7:00 P.M. at the Washington County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall regarding the 10,000 acres located in Washington County on Cuddy Mountain. Come get some information on this possible mine in CAMBRIDGE.

12/08/2023

I used to be an athlete a long time ago. In the summer of 1989, I watched the Boise Twilight Criterium bicycle race as men rode their bikes at lightning fast speed on laps downtown. I was smitten by the action and excitement. That same month on NBC Sports I watched Greg Lemond win the Tour De France (by just 8 seconds, over a Frenchman no less!) and decided at that exact moment that I wanted to race bicycles....

I used to be an athlete a long time ago. In the summer of 1989, I watched the Boise Twilight Criterium bicycle race as men rode their bikes at lightning fast speed on laps downtown. I was smitten b…

12/06/2023

The two years we lived in Washington, as I've said here before, were not the easiest two years for us. We missed the chukar hills, empathized with our dogs' longings for open hills of bunchgrass and sage, and just simply were unable to ignore the call to the hills. Local surrogates paled in comparison. When we returned to those hills last February, they were buried in snow....

The two years we lived in Washington, as I’ve said here before, were not the easiest two years for us. We missed the chukar hills, empathized with our dogs’ longings for open hills of b…

11/30/2023

NEW Bucking Chukar Hoodies and T-shirts IN STOCK at ChukarCulture.com! Also, Chukar Culture t-shirts are on sale!

https://chukarculture.com/product-category/shirts/

Posts about Shirts & Hoodies written by Bob McMichael

11/30/2023

We just got a shipment of Hells Canyon Beer Bucking Chukar t-shirts and hoodies! They're available on the store, and will go fast. Also, we knocked $10 off the remaining stock of Chukar Culture t-shirts (they're now $19). Get 'em for your favorite red-legged-devil chaser (even if it's you!). We're working on the Hells Canyon Beer hat situation, but probably won't have those until after the New Year (sorry!)....

We just got a shipment of Hells Canyon Beer Bucking Chukar t-shirts and hoodies! They’re available on the store, and will go fast. Also, we knocked $10 off the remaining stock of Chukar Cultu…

11/28/2023

50 miles from home, I realized that I forgot to pack my extra shells for our hunting and camping trip. I sat there for a few minutes in the passenger seat in silence and mad at myself at my unthinkable mistake and embarrassed to say anything to Bob. I wanted to run off and hide. It wasn't totally unthinkable. It wasn't like we forgot the shotguns or our boots this time....

50 miles from home, I realized that I forgot to pack my extra shells for our hunting and camping trip. I sat there for a few minutes in the passenger seat in silence and mad at myself at my unthink…

11/04/2023

Hunted an old favorite yesterday, and I'm not hiding the location because I'm afraid it's not long for this world. Peat and I went out for a rare solo hunt (Leslie and Bloom are nursing hurt wheels). The rationale was that the forecast was for nicer-than-normal weather with no precip, with an atmospheric river heading our way for the next week....

Hunted an old favorite yesterday, and I’m not hiding the location because I’m afraid it’s not long for this world. Peat and I went out for a rare solo hunt (Leslie and Bloom are n…

10/31/2023

…I went hunting wild,After the wildest beauty in the world,Which lies not calm in eyes or braided hair,But mocks the steady running of the hour… —Wilfred Owen, from “Strange Meeting “ Hunting’s beauty lives between control and chaos. What do you control? How do you deal with chaos? We have expensive, complicated electronic devices that tell us where our dogs are and track a ridiculous amount of data....

…I went hunting wild,After the wildest beauty in the world,Which lies not calm in eyes or braided hair,But mocks the steady running of the hour… —Wilfred Owen, from “Strange Meeting “ Hunting’s bea…

10/23/2023

"As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote." - Herman Melville, Moby Dick. So far this season, Bob and I have been only hunting at higher elevations where the earthy golden grasses and light green sage colored hills meet up with the forested mountains. These are places to take advantage of now. Soon these places will be almost impossible to reach when the winter snows start falling, which will be any day now....

“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote.” – Herman Melville, Moby Dick. So far this season, Bob and I have been only hunting at higher elevations whe…

10/14/2023

We've bragged for years about our dogs. It's part of the game, I think. Part of the culture. Everybody does it, or badly wants to. The dog work this season, though, has not begun as expected. The theme so far has been The False Point. Maybe the chickens are coming home to roost from the two years the dogs spent pointing ghostbirds in the timber farms on the Olympic Peninsula....

We’ve bragged for years about our dogs. It’s part of the game, I think. Part of the culture. Everybody does it, or badly wants to. The dog work this season, though, has not begun as exp…

10/11/2023

About 24 years ago I caught a few steelhead on the 6-weight fly rod my brother had made me years before. He was fishing with me, showing me what to do, wading in shallow, clear water of the Columbia River near Richland, Washington. Seams. Green Butt Skunks. The fish were incredibly big and strong. The next spring I moved from what I'd always thought would be my forever home of the San Francisco Bay Area to Boise, Idaho, where I didn't know anyone and didn't have a job....

About 24 years ago I caught a few steelhead on the 6-weight fly rod my brother had made me years before. He was fishing with me, showing me what to do, wading in shallow, clear water of the Columbi…

10/03/2023

45 years ago today my 16-year-old mind and body awoke in the dark at the usual time to find things amiss. The wood shingle roof was making popping sounds. My mind needed some explanation. It'd been hot. Perhaps rain was falling on the tinder-dry shingles, causing them to expand dramatically, thus the popping. Feeling confident of this explanation, I continued getting dressed to head out the door for my morning cross country workout with the other devotees on the team....

45 years ago today my 16-year-old mind and body awoke in the dark at the usual time to find things amiss. The wood shingle roof was making popping sounds. My mind needed some explanation. It’…

09/02/2023

...a thrush sings...Its fresh-peeled voiceAstonishing the brickwork... -- Philip Larkin Gestation Thanks to my mom, I love birds. A barn swallow pair made a beautiful and precarious mud nest this spring on a beam just below the ceiling of our front porch. Their second batch of chicks is about to fledge. I Am Here I began this fourteen years ago as an attempt to share my attempt to understand what I liked so much about chukar hunting....

…a thrush sings…Its fresh-peeled voiceAstonishing the brickwork…– Philip Larkin Gestation Thanks to my mom, I love birds. A barn swallow pair made a beautiful and precarious…