Nobody thinks they wont kill. The big problem with buckshot is that you get little if any blood trail. If they don't drop right away, you are unlikely to find them.
For certain senarios (like mine) it is perfect. I want to get lead in as many as I can, and still be save in regards to houses in the area. I don't really care if they run of somewhere and I die because I am mainly trying to protect my yard from being rooted so bad I can't mow it with a riding lawn mower.
If I am sport hunting and therefore fully expect to recover whatever I shoot, I will go for something other than a shotgun. I feel that if I can hit it with a shotgun, I can hit it with a rifle and have a better expectation of recovery.
Now, if I am hunting a shotgun only area, or something like that, I would not be adverse to using a shotgun and taking the best shots I could.
