Do you hunt with your tactical shotgun?

[my72jeep]

I have used my Winchester 1300 for 2 bears, and I use it for yotes inside town limits.

 

[Bluedevil25]

I just got my second Benelli M4, my first I sold to pay bills. Unfortunately I have this one in the EE already too, not because I need to pay bills or because it isn't a good gun. The gun is awesome, but I have issues tying that cash up in something I don't hunt with. So today I hit the range with it, brought a box of clays and 100 rounds of the cheapest target loads possible. After I got over focusing on the ghost rings I was dusting clays out to 40-50 yards with no issues.

I mostly duck hunt and deer in dense woods, this thing shoots slugs like a champ, but I am wondering about duck hunting. I can plug the mag to only hold two shells. I should mention I have a whole collection of choke tubes for the M4 as well.

I've taken my Benelli M4 coyote hunting since there is no shell/mag limit. However, I'd have second thoughts about using it for waterfowl or upland game bird hunting (in Sask) because it can be easily Ghost Loaded allowing you to hold two in the magazine (when plugged), one in the chamber and then one Ghost Loaded.

 

[Yail Bloor]

Great if your deer hunting is shotgun only. Otherwise, your better served by a vent rib imho

Forgive my ignorance, what is the benefit of the vented rib in hunting?

 

[Brutus]

Forgive my ignorance, what is the benefit of the vented rib in hunting?

Virtually nothing with an upland bird gun IMHO.
I knock down grouse, equally well with a bead standing alone on a bare barrel versus a ventilated rib with bead.

YMMV