Wish I knew more about those birds, they make you elevate your game every season- and California has two per year.
The spring season allows three males, one per day. There is a 5:00 pm cutoff to allow everyone to get to their roosts.
In the fall it's either sex, but only 2 birds. The smaller birds usually cook up better than the monsters you try to gather in the spring..
We started hunting on an unincorporporated property near a small town. The birds would haunt the owners property, covering everything he owned with layers of droppings, like bats in a cave. They destroyed his lawn, gardens, neighboring vineyards, etc...
We could almost walk up them, pretending to hide behind small trees or features within the 80 acres. The Airguns wouldn't disturb the rest of the birds. We wouldn't move after taking a feathered meal, allowing the rest to walk off undisturbed and unaware of what we were doing.
We would interdict their line of travel, laying flat on the ground and used v quiet air rifles and pistols. Taipans, Vulcans, air arm s510, FX ranchero.
Now three years in, we're ghillied up, using decoys and various calls. The week before the season opened, there were 20 + large males on the property. Opening day, my friend swacked a monster bird, 10.25" beard. 15 lbs, fully dressed & skinned .
There were other large birds with him, but we try to let them calm down and forgive us for our sin. We remain concealed and don't rush the animal. They waddle off, but usually return to look at the dead bird, and sometimes desecrate his body in a sexual fashion.
This time, opening day, they all left the AO and to wrap this up, haven't been seen on the property since. We've seen them, but on an adjacent property we call call the Bird Sanctuary. Saturday, there were 16 Tom's playing bumper car, in full display, a mere 300 yards away.
On the flip side, a property 5 miles down the road, a place we've never seen a bird on before, has so far produced two males for us. They aren't the mighty birds that suburbia produces with the over abundance feed, but exciting to pursue nonetheless.
Usually a ground squirrel and brush bunny hunting ground, the sudden appearance of these males have been a relief. We call them 'miracle birds'; it's a miracle to see these birds in a place hetherfore unknown to support them .
Here the first bird of the season from that property and the second one a few days later.
Here is the other miracle- my friend nailed 6 squirrels and a bird to boot. S510 in .22 Cal.
This year, we usually leave empty handed and pass birds on the way out- typical farewell wave and a poke in the eye:
I guess thats hunting in a nutshell?
2nd bird this year, one more left to find. 
