In this issue we ask, "When hunting big game with a shotgun do you use slugs or buckshot?"
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In this issue we ask, "When hunting big game with a shotgun do you use slugs or buckshot?"
Weigh in here or vote on our home page at https://oodmag.com/
wow way to go Admin make my life difficult. In the past this has been a hotly debated topic. Please remember although friendly debate is always encourage please keep to forum rules and guidelines.
Yes there is a time and a place for one or the other as is in all hunting situations there is no one best option.
Have fun debate away just be civil.
I don’t hunt big game with a shotgun but if I did, I would carry both since I own a single shot. I would initially likely load it with a slug and would decide on the situation whether to follow up with a slug or buckshot.
Once when I started to peel a deer hide down,there was a dozen pieces of lead that I picked out from the fat layer on the hide. From that day on,I switched to sabot slugs in a rifled slug barrel.
i used buckshot for 1 hunt in my life, was hunting in thick bush.
had a doe walk within maybe 20 - 30ish max feet beside me, back side was infront of a tree, put my sights on her took a shot, thing bucked and bolted made a big loop and took off. waited maybe 30ish minutes, went to follow the blood trail, maybe 30 feet of a blood trail then disappeared, searched for the rest of the day and could find anything.
from that day on i vowed never to use buckshot again. not worth it. and imo not enough power to knock a deer down effectively