Best BUCKSHOT?

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shouldazagged said:
I would want 3 inch 000 for bears, but I would definitely prefer slugs for bears or deer. For defense against human attackers, I keep 2 3/4 inch #4.
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I have to agree with shouldazagged, Slug is best for Deer or Bear. Slugs can be quite accurate out to 50 or 60 yards and IMO are more effective at these ranges than buckshot. BTW, for hostile 2 legged aggressors I prefer 2 3/4 #3 loads, because IMO sixteen 30 caliber balls should be very effective as a deterrent.
 
I was going to say this^ but dsink beat me to it. The Flite Control shot cup paired with 00 lead shot is the best thing going for any kind of shot. I get 4-6" patterns at 20 yards with my 18" Imp Cyl barrel. (870 Police Magnum)
I have used this load on coyotes, deer, pigs, and raccoons out to 50 yards.

I greatly prefer slugs for bears and deer, but you asked about SHOT, and that is the best SHOT around for critters bigger than groundhogs.

If you want to talk about SLUGS, we can have that conversation also. (Hint, it rhymes with fennekkee.)
 
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DIXIE TRI-BALLS! 3 - 300 gr hard cast 60 caliber balls @ 1100 fps from a 3 1/2" shell & 24" bbl that will all hit a pie plate @ 40 yards. It's more like 3 slugs in one than buckshot. 3" shells too. I'd go up against anything with these. NOT so fun with rotator cuff issues though.
 
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I've not used any of the specialty buck shot. Only have used the
standard loadings from major US brands. In these loads the pattern can differ wildly depending on your gun. Not legal in
Ohio for deer. Just occasional use on varmits and night fox calling.
 
OO or OOO buck on Black Bears maybe...if really close. On Grizzlies good old Foster slugs with a mag tube extension. One of my hunting partners was up in our Elk area 2 days ago. Saw a large sow with 2 year old cubs and a bit later saw another solitary. Bear. No elk of course...still too nice up high so they don't get pushed down by the weather yet
 
I once pulled 8 pieces of 00 Buck out of a healthy 6pt. that I had killed with a rifle. They had become encapsulated with a couple abscessed. The buck was probably shot the previous year. The only thing that I would consider using buckshot on after that are two legged varmints.
 
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Never hunted deer with buckshot, slugs sure do work. Buck works good on coyotes in brushy/wooded country.
 
hillbillydruggist said:
3 inch. 12 gauge

Black bear & whitetail

Thanks!
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I bought a box of 3" 12 Gauge 000 Magnum Buck once. From my 26" Ruger Red Label O/U, those five rounds punished me with recoil that has left a lasting impression, and I'm not recoil sensitive. The pattern from 000 is poor, because there are so few pellets. Slugs are a good option.
 
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For deer slugs all the way. For social encounters 4ought buckshot. With the slugs I have an old wingmaster with slug barrel with rifle sights. With the buchshot an old wingmaster with 20" bbl and a big brass bead, that particular shotgun was one of the police turn in shotguns thing it cost me $200. Stripped the stock, used a sealer on all exposed wood, inside the forend and on the buttstock. About 4 coats of true oil came out nice id I do say so. Frank
 
I was going to say, I'm no hunter and thankfully, my chance of coming across a bear is near zero...

...but...

If my memory serves me correctly, I recall reading that with bears, their fur/hide is thick and tough, too much for average buckshot at any distance besides right up close and personal.

With slug technology being what it is now, I'd stick with that.
 
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