FWIW , out of the almost 250 deer I've taken in my life thats only the second I've gotten with buckshot !
Don't think I've fired at no more then 3 with buckshot either .
Got this one and the one I popped with Granddad's old W&C 10 gauge a couple years back .
Everything was the same as far as the loads concerned EXCEPT I used 12 pellets of 00 Buck on the deer I killed with the W&C Scott 10 !
The one I missed was at Chincoteague NWR and it was a Sika hind . Jumped her at about 15 feet . I was using a nice old Winchester Model 12 12 gauge with Hevi Shot buckshot factory loads 00 Buck . Anyway I am more used to 1100's and 870's so I was looking for the safety in exactly the opposite place from where it was !
By the time I got the safety off the Sika deer was 40-50 yards away and I am about 99,9% sure I did not cut a hair !
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