But wait! Maverick says the "Protection Officers" (in residential neighborhoods) PREFER buckshot! And famous guides love it! And those highly trained summer-intern weir watchers swear by it!
Yea, I read that. I know when I lived in Alaska they advised against its use, because of a lack of penetration. That is also in line with my experience as well, since most slugs and buckshot loads are produced for deer hunters.
Anecdotally, the bear I shot with slugs was a wounded Kodiak bear at very close range and plain old Foster slugs worked far better than they should have... the bear died anyway and did not make it more than about 20'.
I have shot hogs with buckshot where maximum effect was desired and the wounding was really obvious... killing, not so much.
I have seen 00 buck stop under the skin against the skull of a whitetail buck. Not my idea of a Brown Bear stopper.
I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first
