Post up the largest animal you've taken w/ shotgun SLUGS

[banditt007]

aside from the short distance slugs can be used... what is the largest/toughest animal that can be taken with slugs or animals that you wouldnt consider a hard cast 20 or 12 gauge slug enough gun for the job?


just wondering..

 

[FrontSight]

I took an 8 point whitetail back in 1992 or around that time...dressed out at 125...hit him from about 50 yards while he was running (I was young & dumb but it worked!). I led him a little too much and hit him in the neck, spun him 180 degrees and dropped on the spot.

I was using 3 inch Remington Sluggers in 12 guage...

 

[youp]

Killed several black bears with a 20 gage Ithaca Model 37 featherweight. None over 350 pounds though. I used it like a long barreled pistol and sorta just leaned over the hounds and whacked the critter dead. The bigggest bear would not let me get close enough and I had to fire from the shoulder. A shotgun slug lacks the high speed shock that a centerfire rifle produces.

 

[stevelyn]

There's nothing in the Western Hemisphere that can't be taken with a 12 ga.(Brenneke) slug.

 

[guntotin_fool]

People will get on me for the pic, but the largest was a 1400 pound Shire stallion who had broken a leg when it tried to get out of a box trailer that was moving it away from its home farm to a new place, I believe it was a 2 year old, but it was down and thrashing and the only gun I had in my truck was a 20 double and a couple of old Super x fosters. one in the ear finished that. Not one of my proudest moments, but it was the biggest thing I have shot with a slug.

Father in law used one to put down a 2400 lb bull that something go wrong in its gut, He liked the longer barrel to stay out side the swing of the polled head.

 

[banditt007]

no grief from me here, you have to do what you have to do. and it sounds like you got it done as quickly as possible so you did a good job.

impressive to know the power of these things its still hard to beleive how much you can change from light bird shot to the power of slugs.

 

[Maser]

I would have to say an angus cow for me. I have an older friend who owns a farm that raises them for meat and when it's time for slaughter he lets me shoot them sometimes with his .30-06. He once let me use my Mossberg 500 loaded with 1 1/4 ounce Federal rifled slugs. It did the job great. Good thing too because my shoulder can't handle multiple recoils from them powerhouse loads.

 

[aussiehunta]

7 foot kangaroo for me. i shot it at 50 metres using an under and over(no pump or semi auto shotties here in australia) went 85 kilos.

 

[maas]

what's kangaroo taste like?

 

[aussiehunta]

Kangaroo tastes like string beef if old or when its young a nice tender suculent meat kinda like deer that cannot be beaten

 

[aussiehunta]

Roo tastes best barbequed like kebabs

 

[charlie in md]

I've been limited to whitetails as far as hunting with slugs; that being said, the heaviest I've taken were 195, 192, and 169 pounds (whole weight). All were pass through, at 50 yards or less. I use the winchester 2 3/4" 1 oz sabot slug.

 

[deerslayer79]

12 gauge slugs

I've gotten the best results using the lightfield exp's.I've killed numerous deer with them in sussex county Del.most of them deer ranged ranged from 90-130lb dressed weight,farthest shot,168yds:got witnesses too 4 of them.I have one of them there H+R ultra slugsters,one bad#*$ guns