I have ordered some of the 28 gauge slugs. I use a 28 when grouse hunting in Northern Minnesota. Several years ago while hunting we had a very large wolf saunter across an opening toward our 70 pound Gordon Setter. It was easily large enough to carry off our dog(!) I shouted at it and waved my hands (always worked on bears in the Virginia mountains) to no avail and then shot at it at about 40 yards with my cylinder bore (7 1/2s). It just looked at me. I managed to get closer to our dog, between it and the wolf, and it finally strolled off. My wife and I both bought handguns after that incident, but there are so many problems with trying to carry a handgun, a couple of 28 gauge slugs would be a better alternative.
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