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Old 07-19-2005 | 12:05 PM
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silentassassin
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Default RE: Since when did shooting a deer in the neck become an acceptable shot?

IMO, the almighty $ directly determines the ethics/standards on most of the shows today. It's a big and competetive business now. Personally I wouldn't purposely take a neck shot...bow or gun.
I don't doubt that has something to do with it but you guys have to admit that it easier to set here and say "I would do this" or "I wouldn't do that" than it is to actually do that or not do that when adrenaline is pumping through your veins, your heart is beating a hundred miles a minute and is lodged in your throat, and tunnel vision has enveloped you. I know that I have made some shots in the past that I would like to take back if I couldand I can't unequivically assure youthat if a 215" buck was standing there that I wouldn't do it again. I would like to think that I wouldn't but when frustration and anticipation and adrenaline all bring themselves to bear in opposition to my nerves; I can't be 100% certain.I think the majority of folks here have made at least one mistake while hunting. Don't get me wrong I don't condone neck shots (even with a rifle)and I think these guys ought to be the first ones to point out when they take a marginal or a bad shot that they did take a bad shot. BUT I have to admit thatI take most of the "high horse" responses with a grain of salt because it's easy to say what you would do but there really is no way to know unless you were in that tree on that day under the same circumstances. JMO
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