Nevada Chukar Hunting Expert - Shawn Espinosa

About this episode

Shawn Espinosa discusses chukar hunting and its history in Nevada.

In this week’s Nevada Wild, Aaron Keller and Bobby Jones sit down with NDOW’s Game Division Administrator Shawn Espinosa to talk about chukar hunting and the story of how chukar first came to Nevada in the early 1930’s. Shawn shares his thoughts on how the 2025-2026 chukar hunting season has played out, gives his tips for anyone planning to head out before the end of the season, which is this coming Sunday, February 1, and dives into the history of the Nevada exotic game bird program. If you’re interested in chukar or chukar hunting at all give this week’s episode a listen.

People in this episode

Hosts: Aaron Keller, Bobby Jones

Guest: Shawn Espinosa

Topics covered

• chukar hunting
• Nevada exotic game bird program
• hunting tips

Keywords

• chukar
• hunting season
• 2025-2026

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Books & works: Nevada Wild

Places: Nevada

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