Shoot what you like.

“Fast to start, fast to stop.”

“Poke and hope.”

The numbers on ruffed grouse off the flush don’t lie.

A fast handling gun yields greater first shot kill percentages.
Snaking your way through a thicket, one handing your shotgun, is normal and common.

Again, hunting individually, or in pairs, over pointing dogs.

Now that leaf drop is over, the birds are hunkered under stuff, and the woods seem more open.
You can use a longer, heavier gun, and more target style techniques than earlier.

Run what you like.
Getting tangled up is part of the fun.

I always lament the annual retirement of my hunting shorts.

Out there doing it best I can.