re: Deer hunting with a 12ga

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I made a one shot ne kill with a .22 S&W 6” revolver out of a willow tree.

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I made 7 in row! 00 has an immense shock value compared to #1 buckshot. And that's what kills deer on the spot.
Could care less if you hunt with with a lawn dart.

The only deer on my wall was killed with a borrowed 12 gauge w/ 00 buck, sitting in a borrowed tree stand.

My college roommate, who I borrowed everything from, calls it my "borrowed deer." Pretty 8 pt w/ 18" spread.

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I can't decide if the old men would have liked the flite control shot or not.

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Flite control needs a cylinder choke. They all used fixed chokes in the old days so that wouldn’t have turned out well.

Best of luck ..... History of 50 yrs hunting tells me you are getting lucky with pellet placement. Had a good buddy shoot a deer with #4 buckshot at around 37 yards.... Hit the deer with 3 pellets.... Two was close to the backbone paralyzing the deers back legs. One went through the breadbasket.... Drove 5 miles to my house and when we got back to the deer it was still alive and had crawled about 20 yards from the spot he shot it..... Look hunt with what y'all want to hunt with but nobody can dispute the shock and stopping power of 00 buckshot

Slugs have a lot more knockdown power inside 40 or 50 yards than do most rifles.

That power falls significantly after that.

I'm just here to LOL at the replies.

This is what happens when you ask about deer hunting with a shotgun on a message board where posters who ask "what deer rifle should I get?" are told they must have $5000 for an elephant rifle with the hubble telescope mounted on top of it to kill a deer inside 200 yards.

For what you've described, a shotgun loaded with slugs is an ideal setup. Just ask anyone who hunts shotgun only states or states with shotgun only areas or seasons, like Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Delaware, Maine, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Michigan, New York, and Virginia.

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This is what happens when you ask about deer hunting with a shotgun on a message board where posters who ask "what deer rifle should I get?" are told they must have $5000 for an elephant rifle with the hubble telescope mounted on top of it to kill a deer inside 200 yards.

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Sorry someone hurt your feelings. Many folks on here have advocated for lighter calibers and lower power scopes. Deer aren’t that tough. A 12ga slug is gonna make them plenty dead, but unless you’re going all out shooting sabots it’s probably not going to exit reliably, typically the gun is gonna be long and unwieldy in the tree unless you go out and buy one specially for this, and it’s either gonna kick the everliving shite out of you or weigh 10 lbs. That’s far from ideal to me, but you do you.

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LOL at the replies.

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I’m lol’ing at your reply. In the states you mentioned, most are using rifled barrels on those shotguns, which take the effective range out to 100-150 yds or so.

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The recoil doesn't get enough credit. 12ga slugs and buckshot are absolutely brutal on the shoulder

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...you're one of those guys who shoots buck heavy loads with the same form as bird aren't you

If you don't need to prepare for a followup shot, relax your back muscles and deltoid. If you are still holding the gun tightly to your shoulder, your body will eat the recoil rather than the front of your shoulder.

I'm fat, built in recoil pad.

I agree btw.

00 is great for old school dog hunting or deep swamp hunting.

I'd prefer a lever action for either at that point.