deer hunting with a shotgun?
- Thread starter mr.orange
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transparentgreen
CGN Regular
- Location
- Between a rock and a hardplace
Do you want a rifle like feel? Sabot slugs/rifled barrel
Do you want to use your bird shotgun? Rifled slugs
Both are very effective at dropping a deer...or bear...or moose...or elk, within their range limitations and your ability to shoot accurately
Why would it be nuts ??? I have put a deer down with buckshot at about 80 yards with one pellet going into the lungs, but I wouldn't recommend it... I now only use slugs... Can kill a deer out to 100 yards easy.. A shotgun is an excellent hunting weapon imo...
DL
Alberta Bigbore
CGN Regular
- Location
- Edmonton, Alberta
My Savage 210F bolt action 12 gauge slug gun, with 26inch barrel, currently shoots a tight ragged hole with 3 shots at 100 yards... And a 3 shots touching group at 200yards...no jokes..... and its with Hornady SST sabots... It also likes the Dual Bonds... Which IMHO is a powerhouse slug at longer ranges. Also using a Leupold Ultimate Slam shotgun/muzzleloader scope.
Only reason I own this...is that for a good portion of the season I hunt on private land in the shotgun zone by Edmonton, where there is alot of problem deer, grain fed problem deer....yummy
Only reason I own this...is that for a good portion of the season I hunt on private land in the shotgun zone by Edmonton, where there is alot of problem deer, grain fed problem deer....yummy
A lot of places in southern Ontario are shotgun only and has been for as long as I can remember. When used at proper ranges a slug is very effective and with Sabot slugs and rifled barrels becoming more popular 200 yard shots are not out of the question.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Mossberg 930 with rifled slug barrel, topped with a Bushnell TRS-25 for this years controlled hunt.
3 shot clover leaf groups at 50m so far.
Still gotta test it out to 100, as I'm not ready to stop clay shooting yet, but things look promising.
3 shot clover leaf groups at 50m so far.
Still gotta test it out to 100, as I'm not ready to stop clay shooting yet, but things look promising.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
A good hit with a slug on a deer will drop it in it's tracks.
They are devastating as it gets if you ask me. The wound track is incredible, and even if you have to take a quartering shot, deer sized shoulder blades crumble with an ounce of lead.
Polar Man
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Buck shot at ranges like that has wounded many a deer I would guess.
A good slug gun will not let you down, though.
unstableryan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Beautiful Okanagan Valley
One of my shotguns is a 870 super mag, I can take the +6 extension I use for 3 gun and ####s and giggle off and have a decent buckshot gun. A 3.5" shell has 18 OO buck in it and I put most of them on a pizza box at 30-35 yards when I saw what they actually did. I think 40-50 yards would be acceptable with 18 pellets in my gun.. it has a 26" mod choke.
my 50-100 yard gun is a marlin 1895 with 500gr soft cast at ~1600.
Deer here aren't far away.
my 50-100 yard gun is a marlin 1895 with 500gr soft cast at ~1600.
Deer here aren't far away.
Alberta Bigbore
CGN Regular
- Location
- Edmonton, Alberta
I had a mulie doe drop on the spot. I also had a buck... Be literally picked up off his feet.. Fell to the ground got up and ran a short distance... Which I don't know how... As the dual bond slug cut his heart in half....other than it holding together by an inch or so of muscle. Damn bastard had spirit I tell ya!
Slug guns are great... But very easily plastic foul...... I have to clean mine every 4 shots to keep the accuracy.
That's just nuts, no way you could hit a deer with a shotgun, they are for ducks and zombies only!!!
In the 20 years I have been hunting deer with a shotgun, I have only gone a few years without getting one. They are effective if you can shoot. Get out and pratice, and you'll be enjoying steak and potatoes.
Well I have seen them fall in their tracks, and I have seen them run. Whitetails, seem to have the ability to go on nothing but adrenaline. I have seen them go several hundred yards with no heart or lungs, and you scratch your head wondering how they did it, and I have seen them drop with a gut shot, and you wonder why your not tracking them.
