I cannot imagine anyone getting five gambels or scaled quail but mearns are slow flyers. Often they will fly in the same direction very close to one another. I had heard of another guy getting five mearns on the rise so if it presented itself I was going to try. I still remember where it was. In Gardner canyon, East side of the Santa Rita Mts, just under the ranch at the Y in the road. Thor and Abbey were the dogs.
Don't want to do it again. It was a pita to find them even with two dogs. These days I am happy with a double. Best year of mearns hunting was over a decade ago. Found four coveys got a double on each covey rise and was done in 65 minutes. Took me longer to drive home!
