Hello all. I almost fell off my chair when I read of your success with buck because in my limited experience buck should be relegated to humans only. Many,many years ago my cousin and I hunted a government facility that mandated shotgun only. We were cruising a ranch road when a smallish doe burst out and ran parallel to the road; gunning the 1974 Maverick we were soon neck and neck until it tried to go under a fence and got momentarily hung, giving my cousin time to whip up his 2&3/4" 1100 and cut loose w/3 rounds of OO. Never found blood much less the deer;this at a range of 20ft. from a stopped vehicle. As I recall the gun had a Mod. barrel. And please don't give me any grief about this scenario; we were blood-thirsty kids back then. Fast forward 35 yrs. with me holding a red-lens spotlight and a 125#hog under the feeder. The same cousin fires 4 rounds in a nano second (he's pretty fast) with the same load (OO) but different 1100 at a range of about 15 yds, again a Mod. choke. Never found a thing. That hog is now known as "Buckshot Blackie" and is much feared (lol) cause he's probably pretty mad. The only deer I ever got on the gov.place was a spike,shot with a Win. 1200,OO, and a 20"rifle sight barrel. At about 10 yds. I had pellets from his rear hoof to his jaw but thankfully he dropped. Obviously you guys are experts with buck (and I mean that) but I just wanted to relate my experience with the stuff. Kix