What about a judge or defender with 410 slug. I have been in the dame boat as you with a .40 and no dogs. Y'all are having a good run lately. You need to start offering a ride along for bonus money. If I am ever down that way I would love to see Otis and Shelby work.
I may just go ahead and get the youth 30-30 and carry it. It would probably be the best all around option. I had shots on the buck today at 35 yards or so but I had to get closer to make sure I could hit him with my pistol.
Heck yeah man! ….I need someone to go with me that can keep up..... and tote a 30-30 with iron sights……. and shoot it under pressure! It would be a lot easier if I could just work the dogs and let someone else shoot. Every time we bayed the deer I had to find the dogs first and keep one eye on them as I tried to shoot. Otis helped out a lot by staying back off the deer a good bit.
