Thread: When is a shotgun not a shot gun?

I was hunting on DOC land a few weeks a go and ran into a couple of guys using several dogs to run down - dog deer. This in its self really annoys me because in my book its not really hunting but thats another story. While talking to these guys a noticed that the guy carrying the wepon was using what I would call a shotgun. The reason being that it was single shot 12g. During the ensuing conversation they tried to convince me that it wasnt a shotgun because it was fitted with iron front and rear sights. Please correct me if im wrong but in my veiw isnt this still a shotgun and not to be used on DOC land?