Hunting with buckshot

[gerry]

How many of you guys hunt with buckshot? I have shot one blacktail doe with my Baikal single shot 12 gauge that my dad bought me for my first gun, it was a bang flop. Used a Winchester 2 3/4" 00 buck 9 pellet load, next year I hope to deer hunt with the same gun again. Just bought some Remington 000 buck loads today to pattern.

 

[JD338]

I shot 1 WT deer with 00 Buck, it was a bang flop kill.

JD338

 

[FOTIS]

Used them in Greece when stationed there for wild boar. They work well enough when up close./

 

[SJB358]

I will summon Woodycreek as he has taken alot of deer with buckshot and has been around alot of it. It is deadly when used right and I gotta think that Hevi-Shot buckshot is unreal.

I lost a good buck a long time ago with buck and it soured me. Not against it totally, but rifles hold much more appeal in the deer hunting area. Scotty

 

[ScreaminEagle]

I shot a nice buck in archery season one year that had buckshot in its neck. It had healed over into big lumps of tissue. After seeing that, I would never use buckshot on a whitetail. They are a tough animal.

 

[Woodycreek]

I used Buckshot on deer for almost 30 years and killed truckloads of deer with it. It should work well if you keep your shots at 40-50 yards with 00 or 000 in a tight shooting shotgun. I have killed deer much farther than that. More than a few at 60-65 yards and one at over 70 yards. But the kills are not as clean when you go past 50 yards. I prefer 3 1/2" 00 Hevishot since it hits harder and penetrates better than lead. The 45-70 has seen more use in the thick stuff than the shotgun this year.

 

[gerry]

The one blacktail doe I mentioned was small but all the pellets exited one pellet broke the front shoulder and penetrated the heart, was quite impressed.

 

[1Shot]

PATTERN YOUR GUN WITH EVERY SHOT SIZE YOU WILL USE. 00 and 000 usually shoot best out of a modified or Improved cylinder bore. Keep your shots inside 50 yards and it is very deadly. I used #4 buck Rem. 2 3/4" Baby Mag with 34 pellets in a Rem 1100 that had a 30" fixed full choke barrel (this was the only shot size and load that shot tight) to kill a bunch of deer with. It shot very tight patterns, out to 60 yards you could put 3/4 of the shot in the vitals of a deer and they did not go very far leaking all that blood.

 

[martineta]

I have shot 2-5 deer a year in VA with buckshot while running deer with dogs. Goochland County is a no slugs or rifle county. Buckshot is good for deer killing, just keep it under 40 yards. I have a benelli SBE 3 1/2 12 gauge but use only 3 inch shells 00 buck. Cheaper and more than enough to get the job done.