Headed to AZ (Mearns & Scalies)

[SoCalhunt88]

Headed out Saturday for my annual trip, anyone been out yet? Looks a little warm but we’ll make the best of it.
Photos from past hunts

 

[Jnasa]

I’m jealous I’ll have to make that trip sometime. Good luck and have fun.

 

[Flynarrow]

Mearns population in AZ is in the toilet. There are few coveys and many too small to ethically take any. Focus on scalies this year.

 

[Bigjay73]

Go for scalies and gambles, throw in an evening shooting dove at a stock tank.

 

[SoCalhunt88]

Sorry to hear that on the Mearns, two years ago was great. Last year I saw a noticeable drop in covey size.

 

[SoCalhunt88]

Go for scalies and gambles, throw in an evening shooting dove at a stock tank.

Never thought of that southeastern area for gambles, I have an Airbnb so I can’t roam around as much but is it fair to assume they’re in the flats like they would be in other parts of the state?

 

[jejack26]

Good luck, I'm headed out after Christmas. Plan to focus on desert birds, but will hunt mearnes just not do much killing.