I'd go with a Savage 212 or 220.

I have a soft spot in my heart for Ithaca since, a model 37 was the first long gun I fired. That being said, if I were buying a slug gun today, it would propbably be a Savage 212; maybe a 220. As I just said in another post, i have used the 210F since the 90s and love the thing. Other than a heavy trigger pull which, I had corrected, I can see no reason to consider anything else.

I have killed many, many deer with it from 20 to 150+ Yards. Mostly, they dropped with a few yards. Tracking has not been an issue.

I love my Ithacas.. I live 20 miles from the original factory ... in Ithaca and have had the pleasure of going through both factorys here in ny . was a sad day when they closed.Nice to see they are being made in Ohio now.700 for a used one is pretty pricey .I think they were going for around 600 new around here.That said .... they are deer killing machines .... kick like a frigging mule... I would buy the savage .

I bought the savage 220 two weeks back and just took it to the range yesterday. WOW........ This thing is Awesome......I put the Nikon slughunter 200 0n it with the BDC and wow.The thing stacks em at 100 and had a 4 shot group at 200 in a 6" circle.....

I have a Deerslayer. I love it, but I haven't shot it since I bought my Browning A-Bolt.