Does anyone on here hunt deer or other large game with a shotgun ? Are you using a smooth bore or a dedicated slug gun with rifled barrel? Do you use a 12ga or a 20ga? Do you use Foster style slugs or Sabots? Buckshot?
Is the shot gun your go to or is it just used where zone regs demand it.
I have a savage 212 rifled bolt action 12 gauge and I use it in 212 for the late season deer and cow tags, accurate to 150-200 yards and lots of knockdown power. I’m shooting Remington accubond sabots 2 3/4” and I love the terminal performance. I also use it in some of the thick bush areas I hunt in the north.
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Buck shot is excellent for pushing bush! I always keep my shotgun with 00 in my truck for those thick brushy areas. Got a doe last year with a shotgun and I don’t think I could have got my min 3 power scope on her fast enough at 15 yards when she stood up. Makes for calling coyotes in tight areas fun too!
Curious about meat loss as well although I suspect it wouldn't be too bad based on my experience with 4570 which was in my opinion less meat damage than a 308. Not sure I would be comfortable with buckshot unless it was under 25yrds
Always wondered about the slugs, don't you end up losing a lot of meat?
Always found less meat damage with a large slow moving projectile than the lighter faster ones. Have shot several animals with 12 g slugs and other than a large hole Going in and out from the size of the slug, you can pretty much eat up to the hole. My 270wsm results in a lot of bloodshot meat if your less than 100 yards away.
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I have shot more than a few deer and two moose with a 12 gauge slug and have had no issues either killing or with meat damage .
Guns were for the most part smoothbore pumps or SxS guns.
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Way less meat damage than my faster centerfires, one big hole with less bloodshot meat around the wound. Most meat damage I’ve ever seen was on a speed goat shot with a 22 nosler (sask), personal brief is that bullet velocity and construction usually translates to the most meat damage.
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