Ed, some of the guys that I shoot with that exclusively hunt Ruffed grouse, drill on the skeet field.
What they do is hold their shotgun in a low gun ready position, and then call for the bird, with the intention of shooting it as fast as they can, before the Center stake. Thats sort of snap shooting prepares you pretty well for the quick shots in the woods. Our club allows you to do it anywhere on the skeet field that you want to stand as long as there arent any other people on that field.
You are however prevented from stepping past of the pads of station eight toward the center steak so from the furthest out line of station 8, to 4 or 5 yards outside the arc of the normal stations.
If you can bust a couple hundred rounds before they hit the Center stake in practice with the low gun preseason and you continue to shoot that way through the season youll be in the 30% plus kill rate for your Ruffed Grouse.
Remember, 10 birds pointed
4 shots presented
1 kill
Thats nearing elite status.
