Tim Carney's comment about Maryland deer hunting is incorrect, as Norm mentions. However, Norm is also only partially correct. Rifles are allowed for the hunting of deer in different parts of Maryland, both East and West. However, my first and last Maryland deer was taken with a shotgun, a Kolar tubed Krieghoff Model 32 with 28 gauge tubes in place, loaded with 3/4 ounce of #9 hard shot in once fired AA cases. It was a one shot, clean kill at rather short range.