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Old 11-05-2003 | 11:36 AM
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badshotbob
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Default Heart or lungs?

In reading posts on tracking deer and Scrider1' s post on worrying that it' s brutal, an interesting question came to mind - heart or lungs? I' ve recovered many deer shot with a bow - most double lung, a single lung, back shot, gut shot, you name it, but never a heart shot. I shot a buck with my rifle in the heart because I was aiming there. But it dawned on me that I' ve never hit a deer with an arrow in the heart because I' ve never aimed at the heart. I' ve always tried to take out both lungs. Why? Because I' m afraid of missing the heart and only taking out one lung or worse because the heart is so low, especially shooting at it from an elevated position. Is it possible to take both lungs with a heart shot? (Obvisously it doesn' t matter at that point if you hit the heart, I' m just afraid of not getting both lungs if I did miss the heart.) Do you guys aim at the heart or the lungs? Which makes a better shot? (Keep in mind I' m talking about stand hunting since I don' t hunt the ground during bow.) Thanks guys.
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