Originally Posted by
Unobtanium
Just looking for a bit more data, as hunting season rolls around again. I shot a deer last year with a Federal DPRS. Results sucked. Deer ran 125+ yards, slug hit the heart, lung, and frontal part of stomach (was an angling shot). I was pretty unimpressed especially with the lung-tissue damage.
Obviously a poor slug for use on deer, I know now, but should I move to a LR Truball (regular lead slug), or the Truball full power, or maybe the Fiocchi full power? What about in buckshot? Is there a difference noticed in the morgue/at hunting camp, or in the field/on the street in reaction to the hit? Does it matter? Is Low-recoil the participation trophy of shotguns, or is it like running 87 octane in the new Mustang GT where it costs you like 15 horsepower but saves you 50 cents a gallon?