great advice from a master shot ian ,one thing to mention maybe some time. when the birds are scarce not to think about your day of shooting and forget about the safety of the beaters aswell .i speak from my experience having a gun take a bird flying across the butts .the flash of the barrels told me to spin away from the shot but i was still hit by one stray heavy shot in the stomach.no penetration but a nasty sting. in the eye would have been a different story ,i was wearing glasses but the young child next me wasnt.by the way i was over a hundred yards away