ORIGINAL: Teach Deer
My point of aim depends on where I am hunting...
If I am on private land and the deer can run a little ways after the shot, then I aim just behind the shoulder.
If I am on public land or hunting in south-eastern Kentucky where the terrain is amazingly steep (and a deer can go about three counties, stone-dead, straight downhill in about 6 seconds), then I aim for the point of the shoulder. I have never had a deer take more than a single step after being hit in that location with my 7mm Remington Magnum...but I will admit the damage (and meat loss) is tremendous.
i'd have to agree,about the 7mm mag. mine will blow a shoulder off of a deer. i just don't need that much gun for deer. i'll stick with my 270win.