Careful on your shot distance with the smaller (#4 buck) loads. At 35 yards each pellet has as much energy as a 22lr. I’ve seen driven deer go a long ways with literally dozens of #4 pellets in them fired from 40-50 yards. When I was hunting a shotgun only County I patterned a good load with federal premium 000 buck. At 30 yards with the choke I was using I could keep 8-9 of the 10 pellets on a pie plate. It was devastating on deer and left excellent blood trails. I treated it like bow hunting and killed many deer with it without losing any. I did switch to a muzzleloader as soon as I was allowed as it extended my range to 150+/-.
