Every second weekend December, I take a new hunter deer hunting. I hunt the same farms, in the same county, with the same landowners. Year after year, we stick to the same program, literally: Through ...

8 Best Slug Guns for Deer in 2025. Mossberg’s sole hunting shotgun introduction at 2025 SHOT Shot was a bit of a surprise in this age of straightwall deer rifles.

“The gun has been in the family for nearly 70 years, as near as I can tell," he said. "My dad passed away in 1989 and he never got a deer with the gun.” Olson said his mom gave the gun to his ...