I have my new slug gun (T/C Encore 12 Ga) about 1/3 sighted in, with a month to go before I will be using it. As it usually is here, the best way to see deer is to be working in our horse barn and look outside. There are from 3 to 7 head that get within 75 yards of it every night at dusk. They don't even care about the dog barking at them.