Joe, I've lost exactly three birds in a lifetime of duck shooting---ducks that couldn't be retrieved because of circumstances beyond my dogs' prowess, and I grew up in a culture of not shooting where prospects shifted from killing to wounding. We bought shells and cartridges two, three or four at a time. In these parts, among hunters I've guided and shot with, a quarter-mile shot at a running deer is more than bad judgement; it's doing it and talking about it. Your last message makes it clear to me that you learned from it, as I anticipated in my message to you, and that's the main thing.