If you are comfortable hitting at 75yds routinely at the range, I'd say you'd be fine in the field. I have the Nova, but also have the rifled cantilever barrel. With a bushnell holosight, I can whack clay pidgeons set a 100 yds with sabot slugs. The barrel is $210 at Cabelas, but can probably be had cheaper elsewhere. I believe Ithaca makes a canitlever rifled barrel for the Nova. Ibought mine as a combo with bird and slug barrel new for $400 on Gunbroker (I got a great deal).