ORIGINAL: skeeter 7MM
I am wondering if anybody here has used the shoulder shot with their ML on whitetails? I find myself in a bit of pickle as I always take the behind the shoulder shot but the buck I have been scouting all year has shifted his patterns as of late. The problem lies with I can not secure permission on the adjoining property...I have tried many times and get the same sour response. Any way tonight I found a nice draw in which I think I may be able to intercept him but I pretty much have to drop him where he stands...ok I have40-50 yards if he turns back to the east which I figure he will if hit or spooked. So thus my pickle I don't want him to make the property line and I also don't want to wound him with a poor % shot. Do I just forget about this spot / deer or do you think a shoulder shot will anchor him?
FYI, I am using 250gr SST behind 105 gr of FFG T7. My shot will be 80-100 yards. It shoots wonderfully so putting there isn'tthe problem and I have a shooting rest in my blind so it will be solid. BTW, I can't let him come out more as the draw is only partially on my land, the portion in which I was planning to setup actually juts out the 40-50 yards from the property line(widest point)it is between to large wooded areas.
Any thoughts? I will need to drop my crosshairs to be bang on at 100 and if the wind is right would like to head out weds evening.
Thanks
The high shoulder shot is a classic to drop a deer in it's tracks.......with a high powered rifle like a .30-06.
Even if it physically does not destroy the spinal column between the shoulders, thetremendous energy transfer/shock power to the spinal region, temporarily paralyzes the the respiratory system, deer suffocates before the shock effect wears off, etc.
Muzzleloaders don't produce that level of energy...given the tight property confines you've described, your prowess with that scoped rifle, and the solid rifle rest on your stand, if it was me, I'd shoot itinthe head.