Well I shot a small to mid sized doe tuesday night using my mossberg 500 12 gauge slug gun with a hornady SST slug. She was between 40 and 50 yards away and I hit her on the right shoulder just in front of the crease, and she was quartering so it exited in the middle of the left shoulder. Got the lungs and missed the heart. She went down very quickly. I was very happy with the results until I started skinning and boning her out.
Both shoulders were an absolute mess. In the grand scheme of things it wasn't that much meat lost on a deer this size but it was much more explosive results than I think are necessary. These slugs have great accuracy in my gun but I think I will try something else next year. I think they are better suited to shooting across bean fields than stalking one in the brush.
Anyone have a sabot slug they like that doesn't open up like a grenade?
Both shoulders were an absolute mess. In the grand scheme of things it wasn't that much meat lost on a deer this size but it was much more explosive results than I think are necessary. These slugs have great accuracy in my gun but I think I will try something else next year. I think they are better suited to shooting across bean fields than stalking one in the brush.
Anyone have a sabot slug they like that doesn't open up like a grenade?