Pauly
I would say that you would be good out to 60 yds with 00 buck. I've seen someone kill a doe at 90....but it was wide open. The main thing is to pattern the gun and see where it shoots, and how big of a pattern. My Browning shoots all the pellets from a 3" mag in a 8 inch circle at 45yds with a full choke...I've killed them out to 60 with no problem. One thing to advise you about is, sometimes with buckshot on longer shots, bloodtrails seem scarce. Good luck.

i shoot a browning invector 10 gauge with OO buckshots i have drop deer out to 100yrds but would not recommend that i try to keep my shots from 0 to 60yrds and thats my 10 gauge "black thunder" i would not think a 12 gauge could do that

I shoot 3.5 in remington express buckshot OO out of my super black eagle. I have tried many types of buckshot but none will pattern as good as the remington in my SBE. I shoot federal out of my 11-87. I would suggest getting a gunsmith to make you a choke to shoot OO buck. I limit my shots to about 40 yards. We use dogs here in VA, I feel it is safer and easier to kill with buckshot. If I was stand hunting I think I would take a rifle or a slug gun. Benelli makes a SBE slug gun. Check the website www.benelliusa.com.

We sometimes use 00 in NJ during the thick areas for drives.

Keep it short (40 yds) but it's very effective.

I use 3" REM 00 out of my Mossberg 500 24in smooth slug barrel.

Bob

Hunting the wilds of Jersey

Why not try 000?Fewer pellets but bigger.If I'm omly going to get one pellet in a deer I want it as big as I can get it.40 yards would be my max distance.

Hunting is not a sport,it's a lifestyle.

I like the Winchester 3" SuperX 00 Buck because it has 15 pellets. With my Rem 870 and modified choke, it works very well on deer out to about 70 yds. On an 8" pie plate, I generally get about 3 or 4 pellets to hit target at 50 yds., definately more than adequate for deer.

i know of an oldtimer who shot a doe at 90 yards with 2 3/4 inch 00 buckshot out of a 12 guage with a 36 inch barrel.

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I use to hunt buckshot in NJ when that was all you could use and liked OOO Over OO, I think you gain 10 yards and feel real comfortable at 50-70 yards. Check on that full choke stuff. i believe buck shot compresses as it goes through the full choke restriction and the reverse happens as the pellets leave the barrel causing a bigger pettern spread. Striper Phil EMail ne on the spring effect if you want more info. You should pattern bolth ways.