I have seen and had to track deer probly close to a mile before after an ATTEMPTED heart/lung shot from more than one VERY seasoned hunter.
The key word there being "ATTEMPTED" because if they had hit it in the lungs it would not have run a mile. And consider this, your very seasoned hunters as you call them are managing to botch shots at the heart lung area as big as it is, and your solution to that problem is to have them aim at the head or neckinstead which is at least 3 times smaller and apt to move at any second without warning???? And you call me stupid????
How is it "MUCH HIGHER RISK"?
It's a much smaller area that can move suddenly even if the deers body doesn't.
There is just as much if not MORE risk involved in the heart lung shot. More area to pull/jerk and wound a animal than my shot choice. If I miss the neck, if im off by 1-2" im still hitting the massive V of the neck and the ballistics of the ammo will do the rest.
Wow, were to start with this. Heart/lung a higher risk??? Easier to pull a heart lung shot and hit a non lethal area?? What are you shooting at those midget DIK DIK deer from Africa or something? A whitetails whole neck is smaller than the kill zone behind his shoulder. Aim in the center of the heart/lung area and you can miss by at least 4 inches in any direction and still get a rapid kill. And for the 100th time a deers torso is a much more steady stable target than his head and neck.