ORIGINAL: gleason.chapman
"Aim small, miss small." said Mel Gibson in the Patriot, I recommend you do that, oh hunt were there is deer!! Chap Gleason
Yes.. Pick a spot on the deer. Don't shoot at the deer, but at the spot. I love that saying by the way. So true for hunting. FYI... If you use a scope, zoom it all the way to the max. You will often times have no choice but to pick a spot on the deer. If you don't use a scope, maybe consider it and practice with it. The secret behind using a scope is to keep both eyes open... never take your eyes off the target/deer and lift the gun to your eyes. A huge mistake many people make is to take your eye off the target... then look through the scope and try to find the deer. Focus on the deer(actually focus on the spot where you want to hit), never take your eye off the target, and you should be able to raise the scope sight to the target without ever leaving your target.
If it doesn't work right away. Practice doing this at home. Make sure your gun is unloaded... fix-ate on an object, and then raise your gun and try to bring your scope to the target without ever refocusing. Keep both eyes open. If you have to shoot with 1 eye cloesed, do it only after you find the target. Remember. Shooting with 1 eye closed reduces light by at least 50% so if light conditions, it will be 50% worse with only 1 eye open. Learn to shoot with both eyes opn IMO.