Does anybody here use buckshot for deer? If so, what size are you using?

Thanks.

The only time I ever use buckshot is for a deer drive and home safety. I use "00" buckshot.

Please forgive my ignorance, but what is a "deer drive"?

deer drive is a way of hunting.....usually done with dogs,but i have seen it done with about 20 people....they'll chase the deer through the woods and if the hunters done their homework, hopefully the deer will pass by them for a shot...

i've killed a few hogs with it, but never a deer...

Ahh..gotcha. Thanks!

Dixon...Just like a rifle, you need to shoot to see what the gun prefers...Not all guns are good at holding a pattern with buckshot...

Here is how I pattern...Get a target large enough to hold a news paper page, open the page just like you are going to read it, staple to the target and then take a 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper and staple it horizontal (sideways) in the middle of your newspaper, this is about the size of a deer's lung area...Back off 40 yards and take a shot, aiming at the
8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper...

Try different brands ammo and sizes, when you can consistantly put 4-6 pellets into the 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper, you have found your load...

My 3 inch Browning B-80 prefers the improved cylinder choke and 3 inch Mag Winchester Supreme 00 Buck...My Remington 1100 2 3/4 chamber deer slug shotgun prefers Winchester Supreme #1 Buck, of course in 2 3/4 inch shells...Either 00,0 or #1 buck are fully capable of killing deer if you hit them with 5-6 pellets in the lung area, within 40 yards...

i use double o buck shot and my dad took down a deer withit this year i use 17 pellets

000 buckshot for me my Beretta Pintail shoots the best patern with Winchester XX

I've killed over 100 deer with buckshot and almost every one was with 00 buck. That is what my gun patterned best. I knew a lot of people that preferred #1.

I usually go with '00' or '000'. I saw 2 bucks harvested last yr while running dogs from 90 yds away with '000'. I think I am going to shoot it more this yr!