Buck shot
Buck shot
09-02-2010, 08:20 AM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
Buckshot is fine as long as you pattern your gun and keep shots within 40 yards or so...I've killed dozens of deer with it...
The problem comes in when a hunter takes a shot that is too far and hasn't tried different loads and chokes so he really doesn't know how they pattern...Just like the guys that go hunting with a rifle that isn't sighted in for the round they are hunting with...
Know your weapon, know it's limitations and have restraint when the game is further away than you should be shooting at and you'll be fine...
The problem comes in when a hunter takes a shot that is too far and hasn't tried different loads and chokes so he really doesn't know how they pattern...Just like the guys that go hunting with a rifle that isn't sighted in for the round they are hunting with...
Know your weapon, know it's limitations and have restraint when the game is further away than you should be shooting at and you'll be fine...
09-02-2010, 03:56 PM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: NOVA
Posts: 262
It can be very lethal is used in the correct parameters. I personally wouldn't shoot past 50 yds with it. I have taken deer with buckshot and have been fine with it. The deer I didn't recover was more on shooting error than shell error. I would definetely pattern it with different loads and chokes. Just remember you will still have to aim with and not throw the gun up and shoot like bird hunting.
09-12-2010, 02:55 AM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: NC
Posts: 113
Buckshot is fine as long as you pattern your gun and keep shots within 40 yards or so...I've killed dozens of deer with it...
The problem comes in when a hunter takes a shot that is too far and hasn't tried different loads and chokes so he really doesn't know how they pattern...Just like the guys that go hunting with a rifle that isn't sighted in for the round they are hunting with...
Know your weapon, know it's limitations and have restraint when the game is further away than you should be shooting at and you'll be fine...
The problem comes in when a hunter takes a shot that is too far and hasn't tried different loads and chokes so he really doesn't know how they pattern...Just like the guys that go hunting with a rifle that isn't sighted in for the round they are hunting with...
Know your weapon, know it's limitations and have restraint when the game is further away than you should be shooting at and you'll be fine...
Exactly right.
Got to pattern that gun.
Ive seen so many different combos shoot such weird pattern's, it'd take a book to record them all.
Can't assume anything about choke, drams, or barrel length.
Some of the most common problems Ive witnessed that hurt the use of buckshot are:
1)most hunters can't judge distance worth a snot
2)most hunters just "throw" buckshot like it doesn't need aiming.
3)most hunters can't lead a moving deer. They can lead a dove often times, but when it's a deer with buckshot, they just "throw" shot at it.
09-14-2010, 05:15 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hampton Virginia
Posts: 1,607
It is my only option, we are buckshot only. It is the only thing I have ever used for deer during gun season. I have a Remington 870 that shoots 3 1/2 Federal Premium very good with a Kick Industries Buck Kicker choke tube. I have shot pie plates out to 75 yards and had 5 to 8 pellets hit but I would never shoot at a deer that far. I did kill my biggest deer at 60 yards standing still and the buckshot did the job very well. Know your gun, shoot it and know your distance of your hunting spots. If like me you are never in the same stand mark off your shots or get a range finder to do it for you. Good luck
