Thread: Plague like

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

says 300 blk......but if range is 20-30 yards,shotgun with the smaller #7 buckshot would be devastating...32ish balls at bit over 22 calibre at that range would be spread no more than ...1" per yard= 20-30inch pattern so just about pepper entire deer from one end to other...20 yards be entire front end.

I noticed most (all?) deer dropped when hit, ie none seemed to hobble off.
So either very good shooting with a rifle or it was a shotgun.

Given DOC used shotgun on tahr I would guess a person intending to just destroy deer would use the same?