Cayugad,

I think I do too! The Black Pearl is a deadly killing machine...although I hunted alot last year with it and didn't raise it to a deer. I just like shooting it. I do think I will swap the scope on the 870 with the one on the black pearl......it's alot better.

Last nights deer was special to me because it's the first one I killed out of the portable wooden ground blind I made this fall and because I killed this deer to give to my in-laws!

I honestly got the 870 ready for my middle son who is 12, but I don't think he's got the heart yet to pull the trigger on one. Which is fine by me. My oldest was 13 before he wanted to hit it hard.

I changed my load this year to 2-50 grain Pyrodex Pellets behind a 250 gr. Super Glide Shockwave and it shot GREAT on paper. On the first buck I took at 30 yards, it was a double lung complete pass thru and not much blood at all. He piled up on the spot. The one I took last night was hit slightly back of where I wanted it and got a lung and the liver I believe, but still hardly ANY blood trail. Is this normal for lung shots? Although he went only 30-40 yards, I like bang-flop ALOT better.

Do I need to move my shots up closer to the running gears in the boilerroom?

Anyone else got any nicknames for their guns?