Real-world close range shotgun deer hunting - Hornady Varmint Express #4 Buckshot

vpsalin said:
Brobee, I would love to see one day from you a video comparing Improved Cylinder performance to a XF-Turkey choke with your favorite buckshot hunting load. It doesn't have to be on-game, it can be a 40 yard cardboard test.

Thanks
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I would like to see that as well always though you could over choke buck shot making it fly wild ..my best results came with a rem full choke and the hornady #4 buck ..worked well out to 40 yards mayby 50 Dutch
 
Great video and outstanding follow up postmortem!
I too came to the same conclusion after shooting buckshot ONCE- never again.
I just was not happy with the the fact that although I made a great lung shot the deer still to ran fr a extremely long way.
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Island_Craig said:
Forgive me if I glossed over. But you said you wouldn't use the #4... How do you feel about the 00 you compared the shot to early in the video?

00 vs Slug if you may
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A couple years ago I did a similar hunting video with federal flight control 00 buck:


If the range was less than 40 yards, I would not hesitate to use 00 buck again. Past that, I'm definitely in the slug camp, my preference here being anything from the brenneke lineup.

Cheers, and thanks for watching!

Brobee
 
I had a very good kill with OO Buck from a 3 1/2 10 ga. The deer fell fast and was dead when I got to it. Only recovered 1/2 of the pellets but they were well placed. I have only done this once on deer and a few times on coyotes. If I was going to do it again, even with the quick kill, I would be more comfortable with a slug. As deer do not always go or do what we expect a little more flexibility is better.
 
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