Slug gun considerations???

[M_ray]

  @M_ray killed his Montana buck with one this year, he really likes it. I’ll get him to chime in.

I have both the guns you have mentioned with the exception being my Mossberg 500 is 12g. But I do have the slug barrel and smooth barrel for birds. The past two years I have shot both my Montana bucks with my 20g TC Encore. I personally would get the TC, mine is topped with the Nikon slughunter BDC and it’s deadly accurate. Phool watched me heart shoot mine this year. It was quartering you me and the only shot I had was to tuck it under the armpit for a heart shot so I did. It’s hard to find a slug gun you can have that confidence in, I would have had to wait for a broadside double lung shot with the Mossberg. My avitar pic is my last years buck shot also with the TC. BTW Nikon says the slughunter BDC is accurate to 200 and beyond but I e heard of guys in the Midwest taking deer out to 3-350.

much respect man! I truly appreciate the fact that your taking a gun on an out of state hunt that is somewhat limiting. I wish more hunters followed your lead!

I appreciate that, thank you. Here is this years buck

[Widgeondeke]

If you didn't already have a gun. 
My suggestion would be to find a used H&R Ultra Slug gun in 20ga. I have one with the Nikon scope mentioned above and I'm confident to 150yds. Its killed 5 island deer from 70-120yds shooting Hornady SSTs. Only complaint is every shot was thru & thru, never found a slug 

[haftard]

Ohhhh boy. I tell you what we got abouts the same story just without a 20 year gap.
My old man bought me a rifled barrel for my mossberg 500. It killed a deer and you could hit paper but that thing was so god damn finnicky. One day it shoots clover leafs the nest day barrly 5in group.  So i ditched the pump slug game. My dad and brother have the h&r single shot slug guns and they are nice but the trigger is junk. And they didnt group well (from what i recall).
Now i went and bought a savage 212. This god damn thing is my go too gun i tell you what. It will shoot a clover leaf at 100 with the hornady sst. And i can hit steel no problem at 200. And 300 is very doable if every thing is perfect. But here is the deal. It kicks like a SOB. But i will grab this thing to hunt with any day of the week and any where in the state.
For you tho i would look into savage 220. If you only plan on hunting deer with it and keeping things under 200 yard the 20g is perfered over the 12g imo. Or if you dont wanna spend that much the cva hunter( its a cva for sure idk if its the hunter or not) comes ina 20g sug gun. They might come in a 12g too. I wouldnt hesitate to buy the cva if i didmt have the savage already.

Good luck.
Also the look on peoples faces when i ring steel at 300 yards is priceless when,a plastic shell hits thr groind

[NiteHawk]

If you didn't already have a gun. 
My suggestion would be to find a used H&R Ultra Slug gun in 20ga. I have one with the Nikon scope mentioned above and I'm confident to 150yds. Its killed 5 island deer from 70-120yds shooting Hornady SSTs. Only complaint is every shot was thru & thru, never found a slug 

I thought about getting a H&R but it seemed like they were $500-$600 used. I went with the Henry Single Shot 12GA rifled barrel and landed it at my FFL for $500 all-in brand spanking new. https://www.henryusa.com/shotgun/single-shot-slug-barrel-shotgun/

I may not even scope this fire arm depending on how the fiber optic iron sights perform. Interested to see if anyone else has feedback on this Henry Rifled 12ga.

[msg]

I have two of the Savage 212 bolt guns, the newer one has a detachable clip which is an upgrade from the straight box magazine. They kick a bit, especially laying down. Don't feel a thing standing shooting at an animal. The worst were the Winchester XP3 3" 300 grain. The clerk in the store in Idaho warned me about them. I liked the Remington 3" 375 grain Core-Lokt Ultra. For some reason they quit making them. I haven't used them for deer but slug guns are hell on elk. For pure beauty, the Ithaca is that. Also expensive and heavy. Good U Tube video on accuracy and probably would not kick as much due to weight.

[JasonG]

Savage 220 20 gauge tack driver!