Who all deer hunts with a 410 shotgun? Or use to? Or has kids that do. Is it a smooth bore? What size and type slugs do yall use? What kind of distance are yall smokin em at? Id like to hear any hunting story or any talk you might have on deer hunting with 410/20ga slugs.

I have 2 single shot new england 410s sittin around. I think my 7yr old boy is big enough to hit the shooting range for this deer season. I was gonna get him to use a 410 with rifled slugs.

They are pretty dang heavy for their size though. For a young kid im concerned about the recoil too. I might have to wait til next year. But im hoping he can sit and atleast shoot a deer if we get lucky. We will see how it goes at the range i guess lol.

I have dropped some wild hogs with 12ga slugs at 50 yards.

Growing up as a preteen, popaw and i have killed a good bit of deer with his old Montgomery Ward single shot 16ga and regular old slugs. That was in the 80s and 90s. It was a full choke gun. He was always afraid it was gonna blow the barrel up in our face but we never had a problem.