Coyote,
What is your prefered method of deer hunting? Are you mostly a stand hunter or do you stillhunt or do drives more?
I have two guns dedicated to strictly deer hunting.
A mossberg Model 500 trophy slugster in 12 guage with a BSA deerhunter 1.5-4.5 scope on it for stand hunting. It gives me 3" groups out to 125 yards with lightfeild slugs and the whole set up cost me around 350.00. They do offer it in a 20 guage if you want.
For walking I use a winchester 1300 with a smoothbore with rifled slugs and open sights. It is accurate enough that I can hit a clay pigeon at 50 yards with it just about every time.
I never use buckshot as I feel you need a dedicated gun for that and you need to pattern the buckshot just like you pattern turkey shot. I know people that do that but they are the exception. Very few ppl know how to use it correctly and effectively and just end up wounding deer most of the time.
What is your prefered method of deer hunting? Are you mostly a stand hunter or do you stillhunt or do drives more?
I have two guns dedicated to strictly deer hunting.
A mossberg Model 500 trophy slugster in 12 guage with a BSA deerhunter 1.5-4.5 scope on it for stand hunting. It gives me 3" groups out to 125 yards with lightfeild slugs and the whole set up cost me around 350.00. They do offer it in a 20 guage if you want.
For walking I use a winchester 1300 with a smoothbore with rifled slugs and open sights. It is accurate enough that I can hit a clay pigeon at 50 yards with it just about every time.
I never use buckshot as I feel you need a dedicated gun for that and you need to pattern the buckshot just like you pattern turkey shot. I know people that do that but they are the exception. Very few ppl know how to use it correctly and effectively and just end up wounding deer most of the time.