I myself would not hunt with a brake on. When hunting big game, recoil is not an issue. Brakes are nice on large caliber rifles for working up loads at the range and extensive shooting and sighting inof these large calibers. A pdog rig should have a bull barrel on it anda personshould have several rifles so that they can be switched and allowed to cool. Brakes on pdog rigs are so that bullet impact can be seen. Pdog hunting you have ear protection so excess noise is not so much an issue.