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  1. 26-07-2013, 08:13 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by lloydcj View Post
    Just to bring a variation to the forum, has anyone shot and killed deer with buckshot, I fired 4 shots with a 12 gauge pump with 3 inch buckshot, at 3 hinds close together from 70 meters and got nothing, is this the norm?
    Seriously? If so, yup, its the norm. I have killed and seen a few shot, with buckshot. TBF 20-25m max, for any real consistency at all. Thats down to pattern. A pellet would kill a deer at 70 if it sconed it, but as you found out it is unlikely.
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