I hope I don't step on anyones toes but Hunting is like anything else, if you are going to do it you need the right tools, and a smooth bore "slug" barrel is not the right tool!!, Heck for $200 (or less) a person can purchase a rifled barreled H&R (NEF), I just cannot Imagen getting a shot at a nice deer 40 or more yards out and be sitting with a smooth bore "slug" barrel, shooting a smooth bore you point and hope for the best, (about like throwing a rock) with a rifled barrel you aim and if you miss it's you not the gun. also in many states buck shot is not allowed, Do your self a favor get a rifled barrel, Just my opinion Den