Many years ago ...(ok not that many, I'm still young) I decided I was going to do all of my non archery hunting with a Mossberg 500 12g.
It wasn't a bad season. I still hunted allot of small game at that time, fall turkey, rabbit, pheasant, I think I even got out for duck that year. Then I swapped to a cantilever slug barrel for deer season.
When it came time for PA rifle season I couldn't bring myself to go out with a slug gun and grabbed the '06
You'll probably have more self control than I did though
-Jake