For everyone else who lives in the south like me, where buckshot, dogs and deer all run together, you can use this for patterning your deer gun as well.

Just like the wingshooting method above, I draw my three circles before I shoot the target. And this time, any hits inside that 3" count! Its about the size of the heart of a deer anyhow, so hitting the dead center is a good thing!

This is my 870 Wingmaster with a Briley Thin Wall Improved Modified choke. Shooting at 40 yards with Remington Premier 3" OO Buck (15 pellets, all of which, would be in the deer. Its a great performer!

Note: WAS a great performer. Those SOBs at Remington stopped making it. I flew blind this past season and did kill quite a few deer. I have also refined my method here too... I use an orange 3" stick on spot, then trace a 10, 20 and 30" circle radiating out from the center. I'll add my totals up from there. Say I have four in the 10, seven in the 20 and four more in the 30... I'll add it up like this: 10"= 4 20" = 11 30" = 15 Just an FYI FWIW and all that good stuff.