Folks, an interesting and informative little experiment is to take your favorite smoothbore out to your favorite shooting spot, hang up a piece of unfolded newspaper and in the middle tape on a piece of typing paper {about the kill zone of a deer}.

Now pace off 80 strides and have a whack at it with any buckshot load you want out of a 12 bore.

After the smoke clears, count the holes in it.

Yogi: I've played around with that .410 buck, too. I've thought about it for lion in my barn, as we've had them up close and I've always wondered about one taking up residence as we have had bobcat in the garage. I need to test them in my jugs and boards first though, as I have my doubts.

In the meantime, I guess I'll stick with my SAR2 or my .357 SIG for checks of what makes the dogs growl in the night...