I’ve seen this dude running through my backyard several times but wasn’t quick enough to get a picture. Today my wife caught him chilling.

So this may sound like a stupid question, but as im coming from a nation where guns and hunting isnt wide spread at all a certain question araised.

With birdshot you obviously hunt birds because you dont need much penetration or stopping power but a lot of projectiles coverinh a somehwat bigger area because...well flying birds are relatively hard to hit.

And for deer or hogs wouldnt the best pick be a slug? My thoughts were: Its not like buckshot would be more accurate (in a smoothbore shotgun), especially at distances where slugs struggle with accuracy. And at smaller distances the spread of buckshot is also pretty small, a least from what i saw on paper targest. Often not bigger than a fist.

So why would you choose buckshot over a slug?

Or what am I getting wrong?

I posted the beginning of this process a few months ago https://www.reddit.com/r/Hunting/s/uJIVc3XK2d

Ants cleaned it up way better than I expected. First pic is day one or two, second pic is 3 weeks later. Gave it a quick power wash, not even sure I needed to, then soaked in dish soap and water for 2 weeks (changing out the water and soap a week in), then a couple of coats of beauty supply store peroxide. Took care of some of the teeth on the side and filled them with glue and glued them back in. Done.

Hey guys - I have found 15+ ticks on me in the last 2 days.

Yesterday I treated a few articles of clothing with permethrin (not ones I wore today)

A lot of times I find myself hunting/walking in the rain. Should I be considered about the toxicity from a wet article of clothing that is permethrin treated? Thank you.

Let's hear 'em

What do you think about this rifle? Im buying my first rifle for boar hunting and this one caught my eye. 30-06 or 308. win? Also you can recommend rifle for the budget of 1000€.

P.S. Sorry if I made any grammar mistake

Hey guys, I found this painting in a Europeam Market with antique furniture etc. Can you share some info please? Thx

Jjj

It’s my first time and I accidentally while skinning the squirrel I rolled it over in the hair

I'm wanting to make a pack scrim out of laminated nylon or 500D or something like that. M81 or woodland are the camo pattern I'm going for. Do you have any good recommendations denizens of reddit? I have 3 packs i wish to make scrim covers for.

Hey yall looking to get my first ever hunting rifle and rn im really torn between 357 marlin trapper or the s&w stainless 44mag . Im complete new to this but i really want a nice lever action rifle to keep for a long time

I turned 18 a week ago and wanted to get into hunting I used to do a little archery just targets with a practice compound bow nothing big however I was talking to my buddy about how I wanted to purchase a gun and said I was thinking about getting a remington that shot .308 and he said it was too big and would demolish a deer and recommended 30-06 I live in oakland county of michigan and Im very lost as to what I should start looking for wanted to take a class on how to process animals as well but theres nothing in my area that I could find aside from one that was very obviously not worth the price of 2 thousand dollars. any advice?

Hey - not a hunter, but work in remote areas and have a need for a high vis baseball-style hat. I own a blaze orange one, but would like to pick up a blaze pink one, too. I haven't had much luck finding one that looks appropriately bright. I would hugely appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!

Hi guys, I stumbled upon this fully tanned elk pelt that I’m hoping to use for something. I would love to make it into an overcoat of some kind. Has anyone on here done anything like this? It’s about 4’ wide and 4-5’ long plus some neck fur at the top. Looking for something simple, as few cuts as possible. Thanks

Title is pretty self explanatory. Just looking for some basic hunting games similar to those older titles (2009-2013). Windows of course preferred. Preferably something without an annoying auto-aim mechanic, because I went back and played Cabela's Outdoor Adventures and there's this stupid auto-aim (that you can't turn off) - ruins the entire game - especially for a competitive FPS player.

Midday hunt, picked the only swinging beard out of a group of 5 birds. This continues my streak of over 20 season with at least 1 bird, most of which included Osceolas.

I am planning on spot stalking some hog coming up soon and from what i am told, there will be people hunting with dogs. Is this very risky to do? How much of an inconvenience is it? Tips?

This would be my first time hunting like this. Its either drive an hour and deal with it, or drive 3 hours to another wma which has a seperate area for still hunting.

Hey y'all, I'm 6'6" and have a 36 inseam, and I'm in dire need of some new hunting pants. Can anyone point me in the direction of brands that accommodate us tall folk? Thanks Y'all!

I’m new to hunting and need advice on how to go about finding a mentor. My grandfather wanted to be mine but fell ill when he felt I was old enough. I wanted to wait for him to get better so he still could be , but sadly he passed away last year. No one I work with or anyone else in my family hunts. I’m currently stationed in Georgia (U.S.) and am hoping to start hunting there or Alabama. I have been shooting all my life and am a pretty good shot. I’m decent at backpacking and camping. Some of the guns I have for hunting would a ruger 10/22, 45-70 marlin, a Remington 11-87, Remington 7400, ar-15 in 5.56 and I’m currently building an ar10 in 308. I’ve been doing research but really need someone to talk to and help guide me and hopefully someone in the area to take me out.