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Quartering birds have always been tough for me. Most every presentation the birds are quartering to some degree. Very seldom do you have a 90 degree crosser or a bird directly incoming or outgoing. I believe you have to visualize everything, including what the shot is doing, to break birds. Quartering birds are the easiest to shoot in front of. They require a delicate and precise approach.
But you definitely can over-think things. Most of the time to shoot your best, you need to just shoot and let it happen
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The slightly quartering bird has always been my bane in trap shooting. Especially those birds just ever so slightly off straight away. When I miss them I invariably shoot behind them.
You are right on over thinking. We can over think ourselves right into a string of missed birds. Stick to the basics, good gun mount, good solid cheek to wood, keep the head on the stock, and follow through. The shot string, long or short will do it's job if we do ours.
Mart
