Thanks for the input folks. To argue with the s/a nay-sayers, it seems to me the obvious advantage to an auto loader is fast follow-up shooting without throwing off your sight picture too drastically. To me, this seems like a clear and significant advantage. Regardless of the type of hunting you are doing, with any manual action every time you reload you are basically starting over with acquiring your target. I know this is pretty novice stuff, but for this reason alone, I don't know why autoloaders would be reserved for fowl. A moving target, is a moving target. A still target 90% of the time will be a moving target as soon as you shoot at it. But there is no substitute for experience so any follow up comments would be appreciated. Thanks.