Gotta disagree with Treedog about it being a bad place for a rifleshot. A neckshot with anything above a 243 (or even a 220Swift, 22Cheetah, 224TTH) is a DEADLY shot and most times results in an instant, in their tracks kill. I think the shot needs to be kept in the " backhalf" of the neck (that being from the front of the shoulder to appx half way up the neck). Anything in front of that is not only a very small target but the fact that a deer can move that very small target in a very instant as you pull the trigger, makes it a bad idea or low percentage kill. But then again if you hit, its INSTANT lights out and if you miss its a clean miss.

Now for bowhunting there is no questioning the lethality of a sharp stick to the neck. But many of the same reasons I mentioned above plus the fact that without any " killing energy" an arrow can pass thru some areas of the neck without doing much damage (at least not quickly and lethal anyway). Inside of 20 yards, YES I have enough confidence to take that shot at " that world record whitetail" . But 9Xs of 10 if you have enough time for a neck shot, you likely will get a shot at the breadbasket if you have the right patience and frame of mind.

WHACK EM & STACK EM!
RA