When I hunt Ohio, I use and actually prefer my 20 guage. I have a mossberg 500 12 guage that I have used before with litefield slugs, but my pick always seems to be the 20. I use the Remington 1100 semi auto 20 with 5/8 oz remington slugs. Flat shooting and plenty of power. (Plus a lot cheaper to shoot. Lol....) From 0 - 100 yards it is a dead deer. I wouldnt shoot over 120 yards though. With that being said, having killed over 30 deer, Im not sure I have ever had to shoot a deer with my 30.06 or any othe gun at over 100 yards. Most of my shots in Pa and Oh have been within 75 yards.