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Catfish25p2000 · January 6, 2010, 11:17 PM

I'm in Illinois, so we can only use a shotgun, handgun, or muzzle loader. I use an 870 wingmaster with remington copper solid slugs, and kill the crap out of deer. I wouldn't shoot any farther than 100 yards with my gun (I'm an iron sight guy with a shotgun), but with a scope, you may get out to 150-200 but you would loose some serious steam out there.

January 6, 2010, 11:17 PM	#13
Catfish25p2000 Senior Member Join Date: April 26, 2009 Posts: 263	I'm in Illinois, so we can only use a shotgun, handgun, or muzzle loader. I use an 870 wingmaster with remington copper solid slugs, and kill the crap out of deer. I wouldn't shoot any farther than 100 yards with my gun (I'm an iron sight guy with a shotgun), but with a scope, you may get out to 150-200 but you would loose some serious steam out there. __________________ This is the best country on earth... Lets go do some shooting and celebrate!!!