Shotgun / Rifle Suggestions (Whitetail Hunting)

[ILHunter2022]

After all this, the deed has been done - I have ordered a Savage Axis 350 Legend w/ 3-9x40mm Weaver Scope. I zoned in on the 350 Legend after discussions here and with a few of my buddies. And I decided to go with the combo scope after those talks as well, because they said that should work for the type of hunting we will be doing with the rifle.

Just wanted to say thank you all so much for your help on this. It was very much appreciated, and I learned a ton!

Now we wait for the rifle to arrive and start to figure out which ammo will work best!

Just got through my first season with this, and so glad I made the choice. Got myself an awesome buck and two doe. Dropped the two does almost right away. Buck walked off a bit (actually died in the river), but I was able to track the blood and find where it went before retrieving it.

With the Illinois laws, I can't have more than one round in the chamber, so I just kept the mag behind and loaded the chamber before each shot. This worked easily for me, was able to get off plenty of shots in a good amount of time.

 

[ILHunter2022]

Just wanted to come back to this. I am now through 2 seasons with my 350 Legend, and I love this thing. It's been a fantastic weapon.

However, I think I am now going to venture out a bit and get a shotgun. We want to do some deer drives, and I am also interested in doing some other kinds of hunting eventually here, so I figured looking into a shotgun would help too.

With that in mind, is a shotgun like the Mossberg 500 the best option for this? Looking around a bit, it seems to be a decent price too, which is appealing to me.

 

[KenLee]

Any self respecting deer drive hunter needs a lem damn hunnert !
That gospel now spread, be on the lookout for a $300-350 Dickinson brand Turkish made semi-auto if you can't find a deal on a 1100.

 

[keystone112]

Will this be a dedicated deer slug gun or multiple uses?

 

[KenLee]

Will this be a dedicated deer slug gun or multiple uses?

No one is shooting slugs at deer running 30mph

 

[ILHunter2022]

Will this be a dedicated deer slug gun or multiple uses?

The idea is it eventually gets additional uses beyond deer hunting.

 

[ILHunter2022]

No one is shooting slugs at deer running 30mph

Well, we kind of set ourselves up in an area where they are usually slowing down. When I did drives last year with the 350 Legend, most of them had slowed down to walks or even completely stopped at that point. At least the ends I took a shot at, anyway.