Thanks everyone. As Mike alluded to above, I will be hunting the Snake River breaks. I talked to a game warden about it, and he said if I'm not actually hunting deer with my dog, then I'm probably ok, although it's a fine line. I would have to have a friend collar the dog and then go after the deer.

Being of champagne tastes and a beer budget, I suppose slugs or buckshot makes the most practical sense, but my recent experience with slugs left me unimpressed. I tried slugs out of an older full choked 870 16ga and it wouldn't hit a fence post at 25 yds, so I sold it. 00 Buck might just be the ticket, especially since shooting slugs out of one of my older sxs's sounds like a good way to separate a barrel rib or two.

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