RE: Slug Guns.
I have a bunch of expensive guns which I have used a couple of times...
I have one cheap gun which has netted me more venison than all of the others combined...
An H&R singleshot 20 gauge with an old steel weaver scope...
My best shot ever... The deer a small 6-pointer was approximately 140 yards from me and was just grazing for over an hour, I grunted and tried to get it to come closer to no avail. It was getting dark so against my best judgement I raised my gun and aimed at it's vitals (with the vertical just at it's back). I fired and it jumped, fell down and hopped back up. I thought I missed, it just stood there. I fired again in the same spot, it dropped and crawled to the edge of the woods where it collapsed.
My two shots were perfectly placed, less than 3 inches from each other. This was my first deer and by far my longest shot I have ever needed.
I will never get rid of that gun!