ROAD HUNTER

especially the case with chukar in the hills and quail in thick cover along the river. Sometimes shots came close, while other times birds were 40 yards out before a shot could be fired. This wasn’t a “kick up the birds with your feet and wait for slow-flying roosters to cruise out to safe shotgunning range” experience. It was a “be on your game” hunt or your buddies would rat you out at the dinner table.

If your legs and lungs can handle it, you can follow the dogs up steep, rocky hillsides as they work chukars in the expansive hills. Then, as you reach the peak, finally catching up to the pointing dogs, the chukars flush, heading straight downhill at lightning speed that requires you to actually shoot below the little gray bombers in order to connect. Highland Hills Ranch offers unique challenges for hunters who are willing to work. And the breathtaking scenery of this place never gets old.