NUBO...I absolutely respect where you're coming from but I also want to point out to you that most of those deer were shot with buckshot; just like you said. That's my point. Here in Michigan in the Southern Zone our firearm season is shotgun as well. In my 12 years of shotgun hunting I have to say that I have seen few deer that have been shot by a SLUG and still walking around. Now buckshot...That's an etirely different story. Here's my theory...I believe in all shotgun zones/hunts, hunters should have to use slugs - no buckshot allowed.