There is also a bit of a moral dilemma at work here as well. Quail use numbers during a covey rise to confuse the predators and it clearly works. To show up with an unplugged autoloader and just start blazing away sounds fun at first blush, but it clearly ignores a number of principles that fair-chase hunters normally adhere to. And...considering the piles of shells we had to clamber over, the "trash-o-matic" feature is commonly employed there, even though they do request that you pick up your shells (which most of us attempted to do).
This is a unique situation in my experience. Like all gun guys, having one more gun option is always attractive, but justifying it here is a bit problematic for me. Since these are pen-raised bids, my sense of outrage over it all is quite muted but... not totally gone.
