My shotgun shooting is pure instinct. No time to lead a bird when hunting with a dog at very close range.
It is simply tracking with eyes throw up shotgun with remembered cheek weld and pulling the trigger. Guys who shoot clay birds, never seem to get that.
Today, it is a rare method. It is the only method that works for quail hunting.
(I shoot clay birds the same way, others don’t get it)
Yank off their heads, throw them in the backpack and give the dogs the head as a treat. Good times.