20 guage too small
11-30-2006, 03:49 PM
#12
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Maryland but stuck in VA
Posts: 206
RE: 20 guage too small
ORIGINAL: Killer_Primate
That said, if I had a twenty and wanted to go deer hunting, I'd load it up with slugs. No reason in the world not to. If slugs were not allowed, I think I'd have to go buy a 12 or even a 10ga.
That said, if I had a twenty and wanted to go deer hunting, I'd load it up with slugs. No reason in the world not to. If slugs were not allowed, I think I'd have to go buy a 12 or even a 10ga.
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11-30-2006, 08:11 PM
#15
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Indiana
Posts: 823
RE: 20 guage too small
why not use a slug caldoc put a big hole in them 12 or 20 a rifle slug is going to work well then there's sabots and rifle barrels stretch that range out both types of slugs have a lot more range than buckshot even it its from a 10ga
11-30-2006, 10:06 PM
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: North Central Iowa
Posts: 470
RE: 20 guage too small
I have shot alot of deer with my 20 ga Mossberg mdl 500. I have a fully rifled barrel, and I use 3" saboted slugs, took a doe at 175 yards, double lung, clean through. my cousin uses a 20 but with a smooth barrel, and he shoots good, kills deer, so I say Fire away!
11-30-2006, 10:12 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Lake County, Florida
Posts: 3,313
RE: 20 guage too small
ORIGINAL: Mihna
some people say that a 20 gauge is too small for hunting deer
What do you guys think?
some people say that a 20 gauge is too small for hunting deer
What do you guys think?
absolutely not. i was taught to hunt by my grandpa who gave me my first gun at about 8 years of age, the gun wasa .410 single shot with slugs. it was not a long distance shooter but my grandpa did not want me shooting long distance when i first started out. it was more or lessfor learning gun safety and responsibility. however i did take a couple deer with that .410 before i graduated to a 20 gauge a couple years later.
12-01-2006, 09:22 AM
#20
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 174
RE: 20 guage too small
Plenty of gun for deer. I have 12s that stay in the gun safe. My 20 is an Ithica Deerslayer II and it is a joy to shoot. 12s just suck during practice. I shoot lightfields through it and it has killed 4 deer in the 2 years I have had it and none went more than 30 yards.