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Originally Posted by Paul Harm
Craig, what distances are you taking these deer at ?
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Anymore when I head to the woods in any of my "normal" spots I carry a shotgun and a rifle .
Generally the furthest rifle shot I can get is 75 yards at best .
When I pattern my buckshot loads it's only at 25 yards, so to date I've not fired on one with buckshot at over 30 yards . When I go out I also carry a range finder . But most of my stand sites I know well enough to know when the deer are inside or close to the 25 yard area . I suspect they'll do ok further out but I set that as my limit and so far I've stuck to it . But then if they ease on out a ways and I can find a reason to kill them anyway I'll go on and do it with the rifle .
I suppose you could say I bowhunt with a shotgun .
I am planning to go out Monday and shoot patterns with buckshot and #1 Bismuth in my new to me EH #3 .