Originally Posted by
nchawkeye
Buckshot is fine as long as you pattern your gun and keep shots within 40 yards or so...I've killed dozens of deer with it...
The problem comes in when a hunter takes a shot that is too far and hasn't tried different loads and chokes so he really doesn't know how they pattern...Just like the guys that go hunting with a rifle that isn't sighted in for the round they are hunting with...
Know your weapon, know it's limitations and have restraint when the game is further away than you should be shooting at and you'll be fine...
Exactly right.
Got to pattern that gun.
Ive seen so many different combos shoot such weird pattern's, it'd take a book to record them all.
Can't assume anything about choke, drams, or barrel length.
Some of the most common problems Ive witnessed that hurt the use of buckshot are:
1)most hunters can't judge distance worth a snot
2)most hunters just "throw" buckshot like it doesn't need aiming.
3)most hunters can't lead a moving deer. They can lead a dove often times, but when it's a deer with buckshot, they just "throw" shot at it.