Truly not wanting to start an argument with anyone, but unless the client is leading the parade following a game animal (never ever happens unless on absolute final approach). I remain convinced the muzzle forward over the shoulder carry is the single most inherently dangerous option available. It is made doubly so by clients who have never perfected the carry at home and are immulating something seen in a video. Obviously, a client with a lot of African experience doing so, is a different issue, though I still believe the carry is itself inherently dangerous. For instance, try it with a loaded shotgun on a quail or pheasant hunt and observe the reaction of one's hunting companions.
I have never done it, but carrying a rifle or a shotgun among a group in one hand by the balance point would seem to be another nearly certain way to have a muzzle parallel to the ground and therefore increase the likelihood of sweeping one or more of the group ahead of the client? I simply would again suggest the likely reaction of the guide or one's hunting companions should a member of the party manage a shotgun that way on a quail hunt.
Finally, both carries leave the trigger unprotected. Again, that makes me nervous in any sort of terrain but particularly in thick jess.
