Deer Slug or Buckshot?

[LeanMachine]

Buckshot for sure. Dirt naps them quick.

[Peta-hata]

Another vote for buckshot. Killed a lot of hogs with it out to 40 yds or so. My grand dad killed deer plenty of deer with 12 ga 2 3/4" 00 buckshot. He wouldn't use anything else.

[C.Read]

Killed my biggest buck to date with a load of 00 buckshot.

[JW]

Deer Slug or Buckshot?

Slug

I would go slug over buckshot for sure

Slugs from smooth bore are pretty accurate actually.

Rifled slug with at least a modified choke. Improved is even better. Warning.... 12 ga slugs kick like hell!



50 yds and less you are good.

She is having issues with holding the rifle steady fellas.


I was raised running deer dogs killing deer with buckshot. When I do use a shotgun this is what I reach for.

[billfromtx]

At 20-30 yards 00 or 000 buck is devastating!

[Muddy Bud]

I would go with 00 buckshot. I have killed deer with them out to 75 yards. My son just blasted a big boar with buckshot at 60 yards with 00 buck last month. Slugs would work too but still require a level of accuracy.

[JW]

I would go with 00 buckshot. I have killed deer with them out to 75 yards. My son just blasted a big boar with buckshot at 60 yards with 00 buck last month. Slugs would work too but still require a level of accuracy.

Yep. Much less 35-40 yards.

[ultralite09]

Good deal, thanks for all the input! Ragin, ill be taking a look at those loads this weekend.

Weve talked about it back and forth and think this is the best option for her in my bow blind. She smokes the crap outta teal and geese but still hasnt acclimated to adrenaline/shaking while aiming at a stationary target. I guess the other option would be to buy a rest/sled/shooting sticks for her rifle but Id rather not. Shes tough to out shoot at the range thats for sure

[courtatlawjudge]

At 20 yards, it doesn't matter, past 35 or so,I saw a lot of deer lost using buckshot when I was a young man. Ashamed to admit I caused several of those. Find them dead several days later or kill them when we saw them later already so sick you wouldn't eat them. A slug leaves a good blood trail. Buckshot, very little, but if you can't shoot a rifle at 20yds a slug won't help either

[BolilloLoco]

I like slugs. But I'm a crack shot. Maybe she needs to spend a little more time observing while you do the shooting. Doesn't sound like she's ready, to me.

[JW]

Deer Slug or Buckshot?

I like slugs. But I'm a crack shot. Maybe she needs to spend a little more time observing while you do the shooting. Doesn't sound like she's ready, to me.

Or she can use some buckshot and kill her a deer.

[97JeepGuy]

I just killed my biggest buck yet with buckshot, I will say when you get shaky buckshot helps ya out a lot! At 30 yards I drilled him, 2 pellets through the heart and another 3 or 4 through the lungs and dropped in his tracks! Buckshot all the way, especially with the shakes. I used 00 buckshot. Had 2 or 3 pellets actually do a complete pass through. Just find the right choke that patterns well with your gun.

[ultralite09]

I like slugs. But I'm a crack shot. Maybe she needs to spend a little more time observing while you do the shooting. Doesn't sound like she's ready, to me.

Oh trust me, she's ready. I just don't think a rifle is practical for this kind of shot. If it wasn't going to be shotgun it wouldbe been my buddy's crossbow

[Uncle Saggy]

Don't use buckshot...... Slugs are the way to go

I speak from experience. Grew up hunting Wisconsin and Illinois

[C.Read]

Looks like we have a mixture of opinions here. Speaking from experience from doing deer drives for years, I killed a many of em with buckshot and only lost one that I can recollect but I was 14 when that occurred and it was a bad shot I shouldn't have taken. I always had a slug handy if one was out there a little ways but rarely used them as most of the deer ran within 30 yards of us.