I have killed one deer with a neck shot and will never do it again! Yep knocked her flat, she never even kicked, finger sized entrance and fist sized exit, ruined the right side neck roast. Oh did I mention it didn' t kill her? Well it didn' t, don' t ask me how, but it didn' t, shattered the vertabrae and she was still alive, I put another one in her ear to finish her off.

I have killed, dressed and butchered a ton of deer and as a result I know thier anatomy inside and out, shoot one in the " center" of the neck" is a low percentage shot, remember we are not shooting at a stationary target from a bench, we are shooting at a living moving animal that at the instant the shot goes off could take a step forward or turn their head, in this case the best outcome is a clean miss, the worst case is a wounded deer!

Okay off the soap box now, if I am way back in there by myself and do not want to drag the deer out any further than neccessary I will take out both shoulders, if I have some one to help with the dragging or it is not that far to the truck it is double lung all the way, the results with a 30 caliber or 12 gauge slug is devestating and half the time will drop them in there tracks.