After almost 4 years of a few of us trying thru the Wisconsin Conservation Congress our whole state is now rifle legal. You other guys might be well advised to work to get this changed in your states as well. My property was in this shotgun only area. We have since sold our three NEF 20 ga.Tracker II slug guns and am happy to see them go. They were accurate, and easy to hunt with and carry, but they were a shotgun.
The recoil from a slug gun makes it hard train new and young shooters and with the testing done at the Picatinny arsenal for the state of Pennsylvania, found the shotgun no safer as well. The ammunition is also cost prohibitive for young shooters to practice. I just will not go deer hunting anywhere anymore that my only choice of arms is a shotgun. Good luck to you hunters stuck in a shotgun area. I do use a Sidekick muzzleloader at times so as to extend my season, but my first choice is rifle.
Take your kids and your grand kids huntin' and shootin'.
