A lot of quail and grouse shooting is quick snap shooting at close range. There's some of that in waterfowling when you shoot them feet down over the decoys. But on the days when they aren't doing that it gets a lot different. That's when the quail and grouse hunters have a tougher time. If you're a dove hunter then you'd probably be fine on ducks, the shooting is similar a lot of the time.
Both types of shooting take skill, neither is easy, and all have their charms. I probably couldn't hit a grouse flushing in heavy cover to save my life. But I can hit a goose swinging over at 40 yards in a high wind.
There's a great MacQuarrie story about the confident duck hunter going prairie chicken shooting and the tough time he has. If you look at it from the other way, it's the same kinda deal.
Bundle a grouse hunter up in a heavy coat and gloves, park him in a metal boat in the cold blowing wind to stiffen up a bit. Then hand him a long heavy gun that handles like a railroad iron to shoot, and tell him to kill a redhead ripping by about 60 miles an hour out at 40 yards on the edge of the decoys while the boat rocks back and forth.
Take a chubby cigar smoking duck hunter, walk him up and down the hills half the day. Give him some little toy size shotgun to shoot that feels like he's throwing around a broom handle. About the time he's panting and out of breath, the sweat starts rolling into his eyes, and he's got a saw briar stuck to the crotch of his pants, let a grouse get up from a thicket and give him a split second to shoot at it before it flys behind a tree.
I think you can read both sides of this coin.
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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