RE: Shoulder Shots and When to Use Them
Shoulder shots can be risky as a drop on a spot shot. If you have a good bullet like barnes tSX, and hit him high thru both, he ain't going nowhere. Or copper solids thru a slug gun. A crappy bullet, and you might not get thru the first one, and he can hobble away on three. My favorite shot with a rifle is the quartering to me shot thru the shoulderto the heart. Devistating. I say take your chances, and aim for the heart. A good shot rarely does a buck go 30yards. Of course there are exceptions. I shot a doe several years ago thru the heart with a muzzleloader, and she made it 70 yards downhill. I have to think she rolled a bunch of it. But I was shocked to see her go that far.