Originally Posted by
Ridge Runner
Nope its not, the high shoulder shot does hit the spine, center of the shoulder doesn't, why do we take this shot? with any given bullet the animal absorbs more energy when the scapula (shoulder blade) is hit, it is the point of most resistance, this is why you have more DRT hits.behind the shoulder the bullet acts like an icepick, pokes a hole through with minmal expansion, and they bleed out.center shoulder hits like a sledge hammer, then penetrates, as everything compresses before penatration, you have shockwave going through the body in all directions away from the POI, and wonderful stuff happens, like the blood is forced the wrong way through the major blood vessels and if that doesn't ruin they're day a massive shockwave follows the CNS to the brainstem, causing the brain to immediately shut all systems down. deer will survive a spine shot, paralized but still alive, done right they are DRT with a center shoulder shotRR
The spine runs right between the shoulder blades.Deer drop on the spot from a high shoulder shot through the shoulder blades because the spine is taken out.A lower shot through the shoulders is a double lung or heart shot but there's only ribs to go through,no heavy bone.On a broadside shot,there are no heavy bones that you have to go through to hit the vitals.The heavy shoulder bone runs very low,below the chest cavity and in front of the chest cavity.If you hit them on a broadside shot,you missed the vitals.