A long term friend is one of those blessed with all the right stuff for shooting. He excels in all shooting I've ever seen him do. He made a career in the Border Patrol and did well at that (thank you for your service, David). Most recently he has been field trialing a dog and shooting for other's dogs in field trials. It is the shooter's responsibility to make the shot after the dog has pointed, held, and the bird is flushed such that the retrieve is the most difficult possible for the bird's flight path. By so doing, the dog gets to show its best stuff to the judges. Putting the bird down is a given; doing it so as to best show the dog requires some very fast and accurate mental gymnastics.

DDA