So I figured I will start what may be a good debate. I searched for this and didn't see anything on this so here goes. What do you use deer hunting as far as shotgun ammo goes (this is more for us here in MA) Slugs, Buckshot or some style of newer sabot style slug? I for one use strictly Remington Slugger's I might switch to a new style magnum slug as soon as I get my new shotgun. At the moment I hunt with a 16ga. and there isn't much out there for slugs.
Now my reason behind this
1) I have killed quite a few deer as well as helped butcher many others and you would be surprised how many I have found with either buckshot pellets right under the hide or even in the meat but completely healed up. Now I know there are probably even more animals hit that the blood trail is lost and the animal bleeds out internally and goes to waste.
2) I will not hunt with people using it because it seams to travel through the woods a lot bouncing of trees and such. When I was 15 and hunting with my dad we were pushing through the woods with my grandfather and a family friend we were walking in a line probably 300 or so yards apart my grandfather was on one end friend in the middle and my dad and I on the other walking together I was carrying the gun and my dad was teaching me how to hunt walking with me unarmed. Well a deer busts out and runs away from us evidently there was someone else in the area and shot at the deer which ended up being towards my dad and I. He unloaded the gun all 5 rounds well needless to say after the hunt my dad and I had to change our shorts. You could hear the pellets going through the trees and hitting the ground around us. That was the longest 30 seconds of my life we didn't know what to do move, dive on the ground or what. Well we made it through it but no one I know or hunt with will use it ever again. As for the guy doing the shooting after we found him (hunting on my uncles posted farm) and talked my father out of shooting him we saw the deer. It was a beautiful 8 pointer well it was before the guy shot half an antler off. It was laying on the ground still half alive with 3 of its legs broken and almost blown off. 100% true story
Now my reason behind this
1) I have killed quite a few deer as well as helped butcher many others and you would be surprised how many I have found with either buckshot pellets right under the hide or even in the meat but completely healed up. Now I know there are probably even more animals hit that the blood trail is lost and the animal bleeds out internally and goes to waste.
2) I will not hunt with people using it because it seams to travel through the woods a lot bouncing of trees and such. When I was 15 and hunting with my dad we were pushing through the woods with my grandfather and a family friend we were walking in a line probably 300 or so yards apart my grandfather was on one end friend in the middle and my dad and I on the other walking together I was carrying the gun and my dad was teaching me how to hunt walking with me unarmed. Well a deer busts out and runs away from us evidently there was someone else in the area and shot at the deer which ended up being towards my dad and I. He unloaded the gun all 5 rounds well needless to say after the hunt my dad and I had to change our shorts. You could hear the pellets going through the trees and hitting the ground around us. That was the longest 30 seconds of my life we didn't know what to do move, dive on the ground or what. Well we made it through it but no one I know or hunt with will use it ever again. As for the guy doing the shooting after we found him (hunting on my uncles posted farm) and talked my father out of shooting him we saw the deer. It was a beautiful 8 pointer well it was before the guy shot half an antler off. It was laying on the ground still half alive with 3 of its legs broken and almost blown off. 100% true story
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