It's the number of shot in the prey that makes it ridiculous to me---on a limb or not. I shot a teal this year lifting off a little pool with 20ga 3-inch 1 1/8 ounce No. 3s, shredded from IC barrel, and 20-odd years ago in the lead era, a whistler at full-bore over the tollers with 12ga full-choke 1 1/4 ounce No. 5s that the dog spat out on the shore and wouldn't carry to the blind. It was mush. (Lay off the kidding, I'm an ordinary shot!)