CopperFouling
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I used to agree. I had the unpleasant experience of being attacked by dogs repeatedly. Once I got into my truck bed, the next was while I was turkey hunting. Dog came at me and at about 18 ft a load of #4 hit her hard. And the next shell hit her partner in the attack at the same distance. It ended ones fight and killed the other, but the first ran off and lived long enough to rack up vet bills and let the meth-head owner swear out a statement lighting me up for animal cruelty. Bird shot is bird shot, and that’s just that. It doesn’t have the mass to penetrate and be reliably effective. Had the dog been anything bigger than she was and I would have been a chew toy. If it doesn’t say BUCK or SLUG then forget about using it for defense.
Real world experience FTW
That was No. 4 shot or No. 4 buck?