I for one, sincerely appreciate your posts and experience, Steve. I've never been to Africa, although I have guided in the northern areas & hunted freely throughout most of BC since 1977. From deer to elk, moose, grizzly and of course black bear. None of these animals are candidates for buck shot in my books. Had a hunter showed up to take a deer or black bear with buck - his 'pelter' would have been cased and left in camp - the hunter being tested and trained if necessary, to shoot his game with one of my own rifles before leaving camp for his hunt. To me, shotguns are for birds with fine shot, and bad men with large shot.