ORIGINAL: cayugad
To plant a deer you have to break them down. So you need to shoot the clavical, shoulders, or in the spine, like a neck shot. The trouble with a lot of them is the deer is down but not out. So reload and approach them carefully.
That's good advise .... I had a 7point try to attck me 3 years ago. I dropped him in a big brush snag and he jumped up when I approached him. He was trying to get at me but was hung up in the tops left over from logging, so He couldn't get to his feet. He was still very much aliveso I had to finish him off. I think he coulda still really ran aways if not for being kinda trapped.
It scared the Hell out of me!!!! lol Also was hard to drag out of that mess.
chris