Great discussion. I agree 90% with Garry's initial post. I hunt upland a lot. I only started shooting skeet 3 years ago after retiring. On a good day afield I'm a B or B+ shooter; on a bad day a C or even a C-. So take what I say with a grain of salt.
I always feel lucky to have my feet planted where they should be for the intended target. Much of the time the wrong foot is forward, vines of hops are gripping my barrel and I'm tapping the trigger in a rush because an alder is about to block my swing as I lean to my left and shoot to the right.
Shotgun dimensions? A shorter LOP on cold days afield when I have multiple layers on, a longer LOP when in a short sleeve only.
If it's raining I take a modern gun with chokes that's easily disassembled to dry out back at camp. Otherwise, I bring an old timer Parker with fixed chokes- whatever one feels better that morning...
However, in general:
skeet/improved on woodcock and grouse in NH; IC/modified or mod/IM on pheasant in SD; and I'm a new transplant in SC so haven't quite figured out a choke yet for quail and woodcock, but having fun experimenting.
...no wonder I'm a C to B grade shooter....
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