Hold on bird hunters: Idaho quail, chukar seasons two weeks later than usual Wed., Sept. 14, 2011 Pat "Corky" Wray Jr. hunts for chukars above the Snake near Brownlee Reservoir.

Idaho Fish and Game biologists will no longer conduct aerial chukar surveys, the agency has announced. The agency has conducted annual chukar surveys since the mid-1980s primarily to provide a ...