chris the reason I said buckshot at 40 yards or less is because it rapidly looses it's knock down power beyond that range, but at that range and under it is deadly and hits a larger area of a deer. The advantage of buckshot over slugs at shorter ranges is you are shooting shot out of a smooth bore so you aim just like you normally would.

A rifled slug is pretty darn accurate at least to 75 yards, I would reccomend if you decide to use a slug to set up some targets at 50, 75, & 100 yards and see what kind of drop you are getting and also whether it is shooting to the right or left. Some smooth bores shoot rifled slugs straight as an arrow and others may always shoot to the left or the right, or high or low. You need to learn where the gun is shooting and compensate. The slug will definantly have the greatest knock down power of the 2.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club