I don't really use this shotgun anymore, it's just my back up, but I have taken a few deer with it over the years, and in 2003 I took a New Jersey Bear with it !!!! I would opt for my H&R Ultra Deluxe 20ga. if I was just hunting deer, but since this will be a combo deer/bear hunt, I like the added power of the 12ga. for the bears, and I know that the 20ga. can take a bear down.


