Buckshot for deer?

[buckhunter]

I've used it and been fairly successful with it. If you use a full coke and keep the ranges at say 50 yrs or less it pretty good. We have area's of Mass that resemble the swamps of the south and I have found buckshot is the only way to go in these area however being a little older and a little wiser I stay away from them now.

My dad used to hunt deer in Arkansas and thats all he used.

[dovehunter]

I wholeheartedly agree with Wrenchman, Swift, and Buckhunter - if you do your job the buckshot will do it's job. Based on my experience, I can almost guarantee in the really thick stuff at close range that you will score enough hits to get your deer. Under the same conditions it will be more chancy with slugs.

[Dutchman01]

In all honesty boys I'm going to be hunting with a drilling this year. I'm going to stoke the full choke with a slug, the left with buckshot, and the rifle with o6. I'm guessing I'll be covered for just about any eventuality. I'm still amazed at the conflicting opinions about buckshot tho. It's pretty much the same on the other forums I've asked this same question, a 50/50 split.

[wrenchman]

It is a combonation of some states dont allow it and there being so much out there that is deemed better then buck shot.
Some of the new sabot rounds can be shot out to 200 yards

[Dutchman01]

Originally Posted by wrenchman

It is a combonation of some states dont allow it and there being so much out there that is deemed better then buck shot.
Some of the new sabot rounds can be shot out to 200 yards

So, you feel it all boils down to range?

[wrenchman]

I dont feal it is so much a range thing so much as most would feal if you can shoot farther it must be better.
It is called perceaved comfert there was a time when most guns didnt shoot slugs acurate past 80 yards.
I read a old nra mag that was old on how to get the best groups out of a smoth bore gun and it talked about installing a peep and the best range was about 80 yards.
Now you have to realize 50 to 80 yards is not that great and most times it would still be a dead deer and this was still before iron sighted smoth bore slug guns of the 70s.
Most hunters dont realize just like there has been improvements in slugs the same is trew in buck shot it dos not have to be just round lead balls winchester makes copper plated bufferd rounds that hold a group real well
there are all typs of roundsyou can work with.

[Dutchman01]

Originally Posted by wrenchman

I dont feal it is so much a range thing so much as most would feal if you can shoot farther it must be better.
It is called perceaved comfert there was a time when most guns didnt shoot slugs acurate past 80 yards.
I read a old nra mag that was old on how to get the best groups out of a smoth bore gun and it talked about installing a peep and the best range was about 80 yards.
Now you have to realize 50 to 80 yards is not that great and most times it would still be a dead deer and this was still before iron sighted smoth bore slug guns of the 70s.
Most hunters dont realize just like there has been improvements in slugs the same is trew in buck shot it dos not have to be just round lead balls winchester makes copper plated bufferd rounds that hold a group real well
there are all typs of roundsyou can work with.

Well, I'm in a special kind of situation. I'll have one barrel with a slug and another with an 06 round. I was thinking buckshot would round out my situation quite nicely. It's something I'm going to try at any rate. I appreciate your recomendation on the winchester buckshot tho I'm probably going to stay with the remingtons I've already purchased and patterned this year. Out to 50 yards the pattern with the modified choke is just fine out to 50 yards and I always have the other two barrels for the longer ranged situations.