OK. So what does everyone like to hunt most? What is the greatest gamebird of them all? Why?

Although I am a chukar hunter by trade, I must admit that to me the greatest of all gamebirds is the gray (Hungarian) partridge. They form large coveys, live in open country, and are the spookiest, most difficult birds for a dog to handle. They also hold for a pointing dog like ticks to a deer' s ear.

Huns are also very unforgiving of sloppy dog work. I have seen coveys that will get up when a careless dog is still 100 yards away.

If you have a dog that can find, point and hold late-season, highly-pressured huns well enough that you can get a shot at them, you have a pretty damn good bird dog.

As a bonus, huns are also about the best-tasting bird there is.