Thaninator - Good point that I'd like to expand on a bit. I archery hunt almost exclusively now, and with a longbow. If I had to take my chances of hunting with Blains shotgun at 30 yards or my longbow, I'd take my longbow (assuming it was a 70 pound longbow, something like 650-700 grains with a huge broadhead on the end). Where buckshot I think would not penetrate as well, I think that the arrows would.