Originally Posted by Snowwolfe
We have about a 10 acre section on our property that is thick as can be. Been thinking of using a 12 gauge with 3 inch 00 buckshot. It would be almost impossible to shoot beyond 35 yards. Anyone have any experience with whitetails and buckshot?
Would like to hear about your experiences.
Thanks


Buckshot is damned effective out to about 35 yards. Don't get stuck on just 00. Pattern what works best for your shotgun and go with that; #4 to 000.

Now, that said, I would not hunt that 10 acres. If you have that, then keep it as a sanctuary for the deer. Not only will the deer on your properties use it to escape pressure and stay on your land, but so will deer from adjacent properties when the pressure goes up. I'd not go in it, at all. Instead, figure out where to hunt the edges of it and the travel corridors to and from on different winds and conditions and do that. Give the deer a place to hide where they feel safe, don't go in there, and the deer will stay. If it's really that thick, you MIGHT get lucky - once - and get a shot at something decent, but the greatest odds are that you'll just push things out and they won't come back in there because they don't see it as a safe place to hide.

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