Have been quail hunting here in Southern Arizona 4 times so far this year. We initially found a nice covey and busted 9 birds in 45 minutes. The next two visits to the same spot yielded 4 and 2 birds. They got wise and after we scattered the covey, and they would hang tight and not call out for a while. A week later i went way back into the hills, along a wash up to a place where there didn't appear to have been any human activity(no foot prints, spent shells, etc.). We found a huge covey, at least 20 birds, and after initally scattering them, they behaved exactly the same as the other covey I had hunted out 3 times. Heres the question- Do the quail get smarter as the season progresses, wheather they are being hunted or not? Do they get quieter as the season gets colder? I am assuming this covey has not been hunted this year(I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure no one ever goes where they were). Any other general quail hunting advice would be greatly appreciated.
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