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It doesn't need to be wooden; however it does need to be between the stopper and the spring,(require disassembly to remove) so the dud shells won't count.

I used to do quite a bit of waterfowl hunting and I had a very good Lab. Every time I went out to our blind or Goose pit the first thing I would do is send the dog out to retrieve. 9 out of 10 times he would bring back at least two live birds that were wounded. The reason that you can't trust most waterfowl hunters to have more than 3 shots is that they will take them and wing a bird without killing it. When the bird is flying at 50-70 mph by the time you take a 4th shot it is well outside the 40 yard kill range. In fact most third shots are outside that range as well.