Hungarian Partridge have a few names. I call them “Huns,” which is pretty common among bird hunters. Idaho Fish and Game must somehow take offense to the “Huns” or “Hungarian” part of the name and just call them Gray partridge. You could also call them “flighty.”
Huns like areas near agriculture and do not need very high standing cover to hide in. They are flighty and not easy to nail down on a point if they are in a covey. Singles and smaller groups hold better. Their meat is a mixture between a dark sharp tail grouse and the lighter meat of the forest grouse species. I really like eatingHuns. Also, their plumage is sought after by flyfisherman for tying traditional wet flies, soft hackles flies, and some nymph patterns.
I had a snow day off of work due to a freak October snow storm and was able to sneak out in the evening with Bella. We were targeting Idaho Sharptails, but found these instead. Bella did not disappoint.
