Each to his own I guess. I cant see using anything with barrels over 28" in the grouse woods.
For most part the English do not have problems with bushes and branches. They do driven game, woodpigeon on flight line or hunt behind dog in north Scotland where few if any trees grow. American likes to go deep into thick bush where favored weapon is old vintage short-barreled smoothbore 20ga Ithaca Deerslayer loaded with 7.5 or 8s. Great skeet gun too.
Please don't laugh..... my "grail gun" is Winchester 37 20ga with 32" barrels.
