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Deer hunting.. Lets talk shot placement (rifle)
Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:40 pm
Just curious on the board's opinion of shot placement. Since I grew up pretty much exclusively hunting the marsh i always aimed for where the neck meets the shoulder (not very tracking friendly out there). Doesn't mess up the meat and they drop like a rock. Anyone else not aim for the traditional vital organ area?
This post was edited on 10/18/12 at 2:41 pm
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:41 pm to bayoudude
High shoulder usually drops them
Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:43 pm to tigers84
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High shoulder
Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:47 pm to bayoudude
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:48 pm to Chad504boy
Gun i aim for shoulder. Take out both legs and vitals, no track job
Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:51 pm to VolsFan24
if a deer is facing right at you... ya'll just go for neck shot?
Posted on 10/18/12 at 2:58 pm to Chad504boy
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if a deer is facing right at you... ya'll just go for neck shot?
YES I did this last year and she just dropped. .308
I am taking my son this year with his .223 and was thinking of haveing him to the same. NECK
Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:00 pm to McKinneyttu97
anyone ever did an a-hole shot? ( if facing away)
Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:01 pm to bayoudude
Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:03 pm to Chad504boy
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anyone ever did an a-hole shot? ( if facing away)
Plenty of times, just not deer hunting.
Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:04 pm to SaDaTayMoses
Deer facing at me i go straight for chest n send that lead right through all the vitals.
No booty hole shots for me, if facing away i will take a back of the head shot if its close enough an im comfortable
No booty hole shots for me, if facing away i will take a back of the head shot if its close enough an im comfortable
Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:07 pm to VolsFan24
The neck shot is a pretty good place to go for.
If you disrupt the central nervous system, it's virtually guaranteed to stop them right there.
The reason the shoulder is a better area to aim is twofold.
1. More vitals to hit.
2. Larger target.
If you can hit the neck, go for the neck. No meat is wasted and it usually drops them. But if you're a bad shot, shoulder it is.
If you disrupt the central nervous system, it's virtually guaranteed to stop them right there.
The reason the shoulder is a better area to aim is twofold.
1. More vitals to hit.
2. Larger target.
If you can hit the neck, go for the neck. No meat is wasted and it usually drops them. But if you're a bad shot, shoulder it is.
Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:10 pm to bayoudude
I am a neck shot fan
Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:11 pm to bayoudude
Shoulder blade ish area. I look for where the heart would be and try to put a kind straight through it with my bullet.
Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:11 pm to VolsFan24
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No booty hole shots for me, if facing away i will take a back of the head shot if its close enough an im comfortable
what if its that monster buck of a life time walking away back into woods, head shot mess up a mount huh?
Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:14 pm to Chad504boy
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anyone ever did an a-hole shot? ( if facing away)
I did unintentionally. I was trying to shoot him through the top of the back into the heart/lungs area on the run up a hill in front of me. There was a little ledge on the hill and just as I pulled the trigger his arse came up even with the rest of him when he got to the ledge. About 2" to the right of the a-hole and it went straight through and the bullet exploded in the chest cavity. All I found were lead shards and pieces of heart and lung. He didn't take another step.
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Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:27 pm to Boats n Hose
i shot one deer perfectly in the heart...It ran 25 yds and bled atleast a 5 sf area pool.
Shot all my other deer right where the shoulder makes the point and havent chased one since.
GF shot one in the neck with 308 and it dropped immediately. Im a fan of shoulder/neck.
Shot all my other deer right where the shoulder makes the point and havent chased one since.
GF shot one in the neck with 308 and it dropped immediately. Im a fan of shoulder/neck.
Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:30 pm to Chad504boy
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what if its that monster buck of a life time walking away back into woods, head shot mess up a mount huh?
Just wouldn take the shot man. I let a very nice one walk last year for that very reason.. But he made it to this year and is looking good!! Nice 10pt with a kicker
Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:33 pm to VolsFan24
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Just wouldn take the shot man. I let a very nice one walk last year for that very reason.. But he made it to this year and is looking good!! Nice 10pt with a kicker
i hear ya... i wouldn't want my first nice buck to be an embarrassment of a shot situation.
Posted on 10/18/12 at 3:36 pm to Chad504boy
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i hear ya... i wouldn't want my first nice buck to be an embarrassment of a shot situation.
Could see me rolling up to show my old man and him looking for the bullet hole.. Then ask "son where did ya hit him" me "well........he turned just as i was pulling the trigger and i hit him a little further back than i wanted"
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