I hunt out of Final Approach Top Gun blinds, and I will NOT use a gun in there with a pretty wood stock. The doors swinging closed an open, my 100lb lab bailing out at 100mph and jumping back in, all take a toll on my Benellis. While my waterfowl hunting may be hard on guns, others might not be. Those are just a few reasons why I will not use pretty guns while duck hunting/goose hunting.