You don't know what you are talking about.
Many a deer has been taken by shotgun.
With all due respect, I think you 'pulled the trigger' a tad to quick on #4. Here is Kerry's quote on Deer Hunting;
"I go out with my trusty 12-gauge double-barrel, crawl around on my stomach ... That's hunting."Now I ask, what brand of double barrel 12ga shotgun, has rifled barrels for Deer Slugs? All brands that I've seen on Davidson's Gallery of Guns are pump action or semi-auto. I could be wrong but I think Kerry's being a poser.
And if he does go crawling around on his stomach with a LOADED double-barrel 12 ga., he ain't hunting Deer - more likely for Bugs Bunny©.