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Old 07-05-2011 | 08:59 AM
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GPMD
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Default Long time hunter, first time SLUG hunter, ammo help...

A lot of the parks in my area held lottery hunts last season for a few days in the middle of winter. I'm a long time bow and blackpowder hunter but these hunts are for shotgun only, no buckshot, just slugs. Well after looking at the numbers last year, getting drawn for a few of these should be easy and success rate was high so I went and got a 12ga barrell for my Encore ProHunter.
Here's the question, what round does everyone suggest? I'm thinking my maximum distance would be 75yd but most under that so I don't need those ones with all the 150+yd power. I also will admit I have NO PROBLEM sacraficing some recoil and power to be more accurate by not flinching. I can take a kick for sure, but I don't need max power since I figured a slug hitting a deer in the vitals under 75yds is going down no matter how fast its moving.
Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks!
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