Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Red Dot Reflex For Slug Gun Deer Hunting

Going to put the muzzleloader away this year and slug hunt for the first time in years. I bought a cantilevered rifled barrel for my old 870 and am wondering about one of these types of sights for deer hunting. Maybe something like the Vortex Venom that comes with Weaver/Picatinny mounts and/or can be moved to a pistol later.

It seems like it would make for very fast target acquisition if stalking or set up as the shooter on a drive. I dunno....just a thought.

What do you all think? Anybody using a similar setup on a slug gun or even deer rifle?

I think with a 1-2.5 MOA dot on them you’d be a killing mofo with a shotgun. They’ve worked for years on the battlefield at much greatEr distances than most use a slug gun.

They’re very good for speed. A regular 1-4 or similar is better in low light, with a good reticle.

Never owned one (yet) but my answer to any question on red dots, assuming one has the bucks, is Aimpoint. Have had a couple of Bushnells and one Vortex crap almost right out of the box. They were replaced, but that's no help in deer camp.

I still have a few, but only on fun guns where a failure isn't a real problem.

Amazon has 9000-series Aimpoints for under $500.

The failed Vortex may have been a fluke as that particular model has a pretty good rep for toughness, and the other one I have has been used a good bit without issue. Still, like scopes, you mostly get what you pay for, and and if reliability is really important, spend the money and get it,