I choose #4 for deer, buck thtat is. Have killed easily out to 50ish steps.
For the house, generally I keep dove loads in the gun, backed up by either 00 or 1 buck, and a few slugs for good measure.
Inside my house there isn't anyone I can't kill or stop with dove loads.
RE vests... my first shot will always go center mass no matter. Adrenalin being what it is and not shooting your defense guns daily... I"m going to the biggest target.
Even with a vest a dove load will get someones attention.
After the first round we will decide what the next step is. I do NOT want to get tied to an exact routine that might screw me in the end.
Though my guess is in a panic, it'll be 2 dove loads and then decide if we need hips, head, whatever else I can see etc.. and shortly there after there will be some bigger pellets flying.
Thats assuming I've grabbed the shotgun instead of the AR or 45...
