You should try snipe, they are tastier than quail, and are in season all year round.
I like them dipped in whipped pheasant eggs, breaded and quick fried in fat back and k--ale:)
Snipe season is over in Arizona (ended Jan 31). I’ve never hunted snipe, though sometimes I can get a duck around a stock tank. I usually don’t bother with ducks because of having to put in the magazine plug and load with non-toxic shot, also it’s a pain retrieving one if it falls in the water.
Bird hunting for me is quail, or mourning doves during that season. Collared doves are an invasive species with no season and no limit, and tastier than quail, but unfortunately I never seem to see them outside of built-up areas.