Larry, there were a few misses that ended up on the cutting room floor, but not many. It was difficult at first with the camera mounted directly in my sight plane, however I did hit the first bird flushed in front of me. Actually the laughing you hear in the background is because the Pheasant landed in the cab of the ATV that's trailing us, and would have hit the owner of the preserve in the head if he hadn't ducked out of the way.
The camera also sat in different places on the barrels depending on which way it was facing. it's a good thing it's incredibly light. It might be the one time that crossing birds were easier to hit, because leading them meant they weren't behind the camera! it's a good thing we're pointing and not aiming I guess.
Scott, I have several other mounts for the camera, including the head mount, but nothing was going to give me the perspective that I wanted except putting it right on the barrels. I shot the video in 1080p HD video on the Super Wide setting, even though the camera will shoot in higher resolutions than that. I purchased the 32gig card, and I ran out of space on the memory card before the battery went dead, and ended up with several hours of footage. The one issue is that no matter how hard you screw the camera to the base, it folds under the recoil a little bit. With the super wide angle it's hard to tell, but I was adjusting it all day. I've since found a company called "Capture Your Hunt" who makes a simple $4 "keeper" that will screw in and stop this from happening.
I'll try it out again in February when we head back to Drake Landing and see how it does for sporting clays. Hopefully I'll have it perfected by the Southern.
Mike