I think by now this is what we might called “the age old argument.” I did finally watch the 5 stand at the Southern with excellent commentary from Mountain Mike. I now see why the predilection for tight chokes. Shots were taken at ranges I would never take in my hunting. But I’ll keep my more open right barrels and my 75-80% on pointed wild quail (we won’t mention my per cent shooting on grouse). Those birds will be dead, but without too much shot butchering the meat. On the rare occasion we try for pheasants, I have a long barreled Du Bray ordered, high stocked VH with tight chokes… and will refrain from shooting at, and shredding, any Bobs we might encounter. 
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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