ORIGINAL: bigcountry
ORIGINAL: DM
"If" i was given the choise of shooting a deer with a slug gun (you pick the ammo) or a properly loaded 30-30, (you pick the range) i wouldtake the 30-30 every time!
All of the medium power range of deer rifles out perform a 30-30, and they easily out perform a shot gun slug too. (if they are properly loaded) I just don't understand why someone who can hunt with a rifle, and owns both firearms, would pick a slugfor close range and a rifle for further out.
The rifle will work at both ranges, it's the obvious choise.
Drilling Man
I do. I live in a rifle county in MD and pretty well use my slug gun for everything there. It has given me so many one shot kills, I am beginning to think its just a charmed gun. I know thats silly, but when you have confidence in a firearm, that means alot. I took a 45-70 out first day lat year and lost a deer because it ran 20 yards on the neighboring property. And I have almost a dozen deer cartidges. Alot of my friends give me a hard time. But its a semi with a 2X scope so its perfect, and I am hunting on a small plot of land and like the followup, and even though you don't see this massive hydroshock inside the animal, you always get a big entrance and big exit.
Second benefit, is the land I use this gun on is a finger goin thru two horse farms. I feel better shooting a slow 1oz slug than possibly killing a 1 million dollar horse with a 150gr 3000fps 06.
when I go hunting in other states or swamps, I take the rifle.
Hey the key word is confidence. Because you do, you are relaxed and calm when you shoot because you know if you put the slug where you want it, the deer is going down for the count. If my slug gun racked em up too, then all the friends could make fun of me as they were enjoying my DEER steaks taken with my slug gun, cause they had none in the freezer!
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