When we used to shoot dove, there were several fields where the majority of shooting was done at relatively long range. My father would take a 12ga Remington 1100 with a 30" full choke barrel. Someone would always point out that it was fine for birds that were a ways off, but with those close in, you'd blow them to pieces, provided you managed to hit them. My father would reply that the ones that were close in were no problem, he just shot those in the head.