2018 Mearns Quail Hunting
I've spent 7 days hunting Mearns Quail in December, snowed Thursday night and all day today (12/28) in Patagonia. I've hunted Mearns for over 30 years and I would say this is a below average year. Coveys are 6-8 birds and they are high and/or in rough country. Southern Arizona had good rains this summer but it was late so birds are under sized.
Lost my footing and took a tumble and dinged a LC Smith 16 gauge and 10 stitched and 4 staples to close my wound and this old body is sore!!!
I think I'm headed to New Mexico in January and leaving Mearns hunting til December 2019.
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