Believe me, every season I see quite a few people that fire 4 or 5 shots with a 12 guage to bring a deer down. If you have that mind set it really doesn't matter what caliber weapon you are using. I can see a lot of hunters from my blind. I hear a lot of shooting, yet never see any of them drag a deer any where? Yet I manage to kill one every year with a single shot from a muzzle loader.
If you have to take more than one shot it was not because of what you were using, it is because you missed or used the weapon beyond it's capable limits. Both being the hunters fault, not the choice in weapon.
Paul
Well put.
I myself own a 12 guage am 6'2" 240 and seriously thinking of using a 410 or muzzleloader because I do not like the 12 guages accuracy. When i started hunting I used a 30-30 and never missed what I shot at. With my 12 guage I can't seem to hit the side of a barn.