It's interesting to read through the comments by people who live in parts of the country where deer are hunted with shotguns. Here in the West, it's a lot different, and we don't get exposed to those viewpoints.
I agree with Denton. I also find it interesting hearing how people in different parts of the country hunt, and with what weapons, terrain, distances etc. It is a very interesting thread in that sense. Being from the Northeast, and only having ever hunted in the Northeast, mostly in extremely thick cover has made a sluggun my preferred weapon in most cases, even where I can hunt with a rifle.
While I do hunt with rifles in New Yorkistan, and reload rifle and try to reload precisionwise, it's kinda a moot point seeing how most deer I've taken with a rifle I could have easily shot and killed with my bow & arrow.
I used to hunt a balsam swamp up off Yeagerville Road just below Peekamoose mountain in New Yorkistan, it was so thick with balsam and laurel you would have been lucky to get a shot at 40 yards. Fast pointing sluggun with slow moving slugs just seems a better option in places like that.
While there is some farmland in the areas I hunted in New Yorkistan, when I hear of wide open shots across fields, first thing I think of is that those kind of deer were removed from the gene pool back in the 60's-70's in the areas I hunt.
But it's all good and all interesting, and I do like all the different weapons, and sometimes just believe in using the right tool to get the job done.
But there is something about having a wary buck inside of 20 yards of you and have to draw the bow back and get the shot off with him unaware that really floats my boat.
