You got a deer broadside at 50 yards, why would you want to shoot him or her in the neck? That makes no sense. I have taken a few head/neck shots, all were the only shot I had, close range and I had a solid rest(they all resulted in animals dropped on the spot). I might add they were when I was younger, I don't do this now. One reason, I have seen to many botched neck and head shots. Nobody likes tracking a wounded animal, especially a poor blood trail and I really have low tolerance now for suffering.(Main reason these botched shots) I want to put the game down quickly but humanely and clean is also the number one concern.

Many guys pick the spot of where the neck meets the shoulders, this way if they pull it back they got shoulders. But if you put it in the meat around the neck, chances are very good that animal will be a hard one to get..oh yeah and he will die slowly. (bucks have a lot of meat, so many think they are easier to neck shot...wrong...easier to hit but the size of target isn't much bigger than a doe)

Hey if you can do it, fine. I just wouldn't pick it over a vitals hit given the chance.