Neck shots for whitetails?
12-28-2014, 07:17 PM
#63
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In the case of what he mentioned about the guy shooting a deer intentionally in the neck with archery equipment the answer every time would be yep! There is not much difference in calling the guy a knucklehead and what I did, especially when it doesn't even involve a site member. PS: You can always use the Ignore feature if you don't want to hear the truth!
Last edited by Topgun 3006; 12-28-2014 at 07:21 PM.
12-28-2014, 08:22 PM
#64
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Only time I use a neck shot is if I am dispatching a buck on a bad shot I made. I also won't aim for high shoulder. One example a shot a 6 point yesterday evening at 202 yards and hit him high in the shoulder. He dropped in his tracks and what I though was DRT wasn't he was still alive crawling to the ditch on his front hooves. I went to shoot a second time but he rolled in the ditch. Of course had to get down run down there and shot him in the back of the neck with my .270. On that deer I hit high shoulder and spine.
Your absolutely right. Deer that drop right there more times than not don't die any quicker than the ones that run 100 yards from my experience.
I personally shoot right behind the shoulder with a gun and about halfway between the shoulder and liver with a bow to give myself a little more room for error on the shoulder side.
Last edited by rockport; 12-28-2014 at 08:30 PM.
12-29-2014, 01:16 AM
#65
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Out of sight out of mind.
Your absolutely right. Deer that drop right there more times than not don't die any quicker than the ones that run 100 yards from my experience.
I personally shoot right behind the shoulder with a gun and about halfway between the shoulder and liver with a bow to give myself a little more room for error on the shoulder side.
Your absolutely right. Deer that drop right there more times than not don't die any quicker than the ones that run 100 yards from my experience.
I personally shoot right behind the shoulder with a gun and about halfway between the shoulder and liver with a bow to give myself a little more room for error on the shoulder side.
Not always the best choice but something to think about.
12-29-2014, 01:20 AM
#66
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Ignore feature
In the case of what he mentioned about the guy shooting a deer intentionally in the neck with archery equipment the answer every time would be yep! There is not much difference in calling the guy a knucklehead and what I did, especially when it doesn't even involve a site member. PS: You can always use the Ignore feature if you don't want to hear the truth!
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12-29-2014, 04:33 AM
#67
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Tell that to this one that got shot by a stupid idiot! Now go take a hike because this is the kind of crap that eats at me when people hunt that don't know what they're doing!
12-29-2014, 05:45 AM
#68
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Looks like Photoshop to me. I would not take a neck shot with a bow, but have and will probably do so in the future with a rifle. Yes a larger caliber rifle does not make up for a bad shot but it does help if you do screw up a little. I also think you should use the biggest gun you are most comfortable with and shot the most accurately.
12-29-2014, 06:38 AM
#69
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Looks like Photoshop to me. I would not take a neck shot with a bow, but have and will probably do so in the future with a rifle. Yes a larger caliber rifle does not make up for a bad shot but it does help if you do screw up a little. I also think you should use the biggest gun you are most comfortable with and shot the most accurately.
This is not Photoshop.
Can we just agree to disagree, and go on to something else?
And drop this subject
Thank You.
jrbsr
12-29-2014, 06:52 AM
#70
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Looks like Photoshop to me. I would not take a neck shot with a bow, but have and will probably do so in the future with a rifle. Yes a larger caliber rifle does not make up for a bad shot but it does help if you do screw up a little. I also think you should use the biggest gun you are most comfortable with and shot the most accurately.
Last edited by Topgun 3006; 12-29-2014 at 07:02 AM. Reason: Spelling