As much as anyone, I really appreciate the do-it-all nature of the shotgun. I have used a shotgun in one iteration or another to hunt all game here in the Peepels Socialist Republik of Nu Jork. But, my bride turned 62 last week and is seriously looking at retiring in January of '19. Nevertheless, when she does we are leaving the slime pit of the PSRNJ and heading to Arizona, most likely the Lake Havasu area...... maybe Flagstaff.
Larry Gibson lives in Havasu City and has commented on the usefulness of the shotgun for coyotes. I'm thinking further than that, other small game, maybe big game. We all agree that a 12 gauge RB or slug is certainly adequate in the Eastern US, what about the west? Are the more open areas not conducive to shotgun use? The shotgun IS my favorite tool! What do you fellows think?
P.S. I have rifles to kill mulies, bear and elk, I'm not concerned about that!