best spot to shoot a deer
12-29-2005, 06:00 AM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pulaskiville
Posts: 3,533
RE: best spot to shoot a deer
Behind or through the shoulders is a great shot with a gun. A lot of people scoff at breaking the front shoulders...but it puts them down,and really doesn't ruin all that much meat.
I did shoot a buck in the head with a bow a couple years ago. Didn't mean to...hit a branch. He looked like Steve Martin when I got to him. He dropped on the spot. Would I reccommend that? Hell no. Of the 35+ deer I've killed with a bow...only 3 have not been hit behind the shoulder.
I did shoot a buck in the head with a bow a couple years ago. Didn't mean to...hit a branch. He looked like Steve Martin when I got to him. He dropped on the spot. Would I reccommend that? Hell no. Of the 35+ deer I've killed with a bow...only 3 have not been hit behind the shoulder.
12-29-2005, 06:19 AM
#23
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 25,116
RE: best spot to shoot a deer
All depends on the given situation. 1/2 the deer I killed never offered a broadside shot. This year's buck was in heavy brush and I could only see the neck turning back to look at me. The 30-30 hollow point dropped him immediately. But I do believe the idea shot is a heart shot. One needs to study hard and memorize exactly where the heart is. I hate seeing animals suffer and try to shoot to kill quickly.
Chuck7
Chuck7
12-29-2005, 06:26 AM
#24
RE: best spot to shoot a deer
Really depends on the deer for me ..if its a big buck I want to try and shoot him in the front sholders to break him down that way I feel sure he will not go very far and I am not that concerned with the meat of an older buck... if I am meat hunting and going to shoot a doe obviously I want to try and shoot her in the lung area so not to mess up the meat ...
dd
dd
12-29-2005, 07:42 AM
#25
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Pocono Mountains
Posts: 59
RE: best spot to shoot a deer
With a rifle i go for the front shoulders or neck so that they don't move. For the bow the best is a double lung or heart shot. I've seen to many deer running through the woods with their mouth blown off from people making bad head shots to never recommend such a shot.
12-29-2005, 09:52 AM
#26
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Port Neches, Texas
Posts: 5,514
RE: best spot to shoot a deer
ORIGINAL: DoctorDeath
Like my ole pappy always told me ..hunt with the wind in your face and shoot'em where they are the BIGGEST !
dd
Like my ole pappy always told me ..hunt with the wind in your face and shoot'em where they are the BIGGEST !
dd
12-29-2005, 11:29 AM
#27
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2005
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RE: best spot to shoot a deer
I've seen to many deer running through the woods with their mouth blown off from people making bad head shots to never recommend such a shot.
Why is the neck shot a choice? Is it because of the artery? would that take a while for them to die?
