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Utah’s 2026 chukar season opens September 26, and the outlook is encouraging across much of the state. Here’s what DWR is forecasting, where to look for birds, and how I approach steep-country chukar hunting.
4 min readRead article →My Franchi died early last season, leaving me hunting behind a heavier Beretta A300. I wanted something lighter for the chukar hills, and the Benelli Ethos 20 gauge looked nearly perfect on paper. After about 500 rounds on clays, here’s what I think before taking it into the field.
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