RE: Since when did shooting a deer in the neck become an acceptable shot?
On the topic of neck shots, this board alone will have had at least a dozen "hit a stick" and "jumped the string" and "Don't know what happened" threads whining and crying croc tears over wounded and lost deer by November. Many will be trophy once in a lifetime animals wasted because of slobs taking bad shots.
If you'd take that shot at a target the size of your kill zone, no more,at home in front of a brick wall with the same expensive broad heads and arrows go for it.
In fact just take a little practice session one evening in front of a pile of rocks instead of dirt or hay to back up the target.
You'll get a lot more realistic idea of your abilities in a hunting situation real quick.
If you wouldn't shoot that shot at a styrafoam deer at home on the range in front of a pile of rocks, ALL DAY LONG, you don't have any business taking it at a living, alert, trophy game animal.