I hunt almost exclusively with a shotgun and eat a lot of game. As long as the game is properly handled and cleaned there is no problem what so ever. A common misconception is that if the guts are ruptured the meat is automactially tainted, that is not true at all, it is true, however, that the meat will spoil a lot faster if the gut is ruptured and the animal not gutted and washed out promptly. Chris