I went pheasant hunting this morning. It was a nice day. My setter had a beautiful point on a woodcock of course I missed because I had the safety on. I moved about 3 woodcock total.
I've got a Mossberg with the rear safety, which I'm not too fond of for bird hunting. My Ithaca has the safety located behind the trigger, which I've come to like. It's now one quick motion for me to release the safety and get a shot off at a bird. It didn't start out that way though.