ORIGINAL: RattleSnake1
I can honestly say I don't like the idea of a neck shot simply because of it's not only a lower percentage shot than a double lung, AND the high risk of loosing a deer to it. I unfortunately though can't say that I'd never do it. Last season, it came down to a shot in the neck when the buck stopped just as entering my shooting lane. I held on for as long as I could, but eventually he stood there longer than I could hold the back. I took careful aim at the center of neck and pulled the trigger on the release. The arrow hit with a resounding crack and dropped him in his tracks. The arrow not only broke his neck but also severed the main artery as you can see in the pic.
Let me repeat myself, I don't like the idea of it, and would probably never do it again, but like others have said in this thread; it's easy to be an armchair quarterback until faced with the situation that puts you there.
Wow.......that is one of the weirdest posts I have ever read. You list all the reasons NOT to take a neck shot.......then describe how you took one anyways because you didn't want to let your bow down.........not "That was the only shot he offered"........just "I held as long as I could". You lost the game and couldn't accept it so you took a shot that you KNEW you shouldn't take. Then you finish up by saying you "probably" won't do it again. Something about the rest of your post being a polar opposite contradiction makes me wonder about that.
Pretty much the same as when someone says "I would NEVER take a shot at a deer over 20 yards in the field.............UNLESS he is a monster then I am sending an arrow his way no matter how far he is"