Originally Posted by
Topgun 3006
Sir, you really need to comprehend what has been said by well experienced people on this thread! First, a question for you. How long have you hunted big game and how many animals have you shot in the neck? Second, what has worked well for you so far has a lot more chance of going wrong than aiming for the chest or shoulder area that contains all the vitals and is a much bigger target than the small neck area. It would seem that you can't get over it when you've now come on a second thread and stated what you do and everyone else disagrees and tells you why, yet you won't accept that you're by yourself on both subjects. I guess sh54 is more than correct in that persons such as yourself have a closed mind and will not listen to what the vast majority of seasoned veterans know about a subject. So be it and I'd bet that when you shoot one in the neck one of these days and don't recover it that you won't be back to start a thread about your failure and it will happen sooner or later depending on how many times you do it!
Don't know exact number of how many deer I have taken but in 19 years at average of 5-7 a year would be prob a fair estimate. I have had 3 bucks not fall in their tracks. All with neck shots. The 3 that I didn't recover (2) of them were actually killed by another club member same year. The third one was killed the following year. All 3 of these were 17 years ago.
Yes was for all the blame on these 3 deer. Rushing a shot on 2 of them and 1 I had no business taking the shot with the narrow window of opportunity I had.
After these 3 deer I realized I was Over confident and my range time was not up to par.
I realize there may be a lot of room for error with my shots but I practice in all different weather conditions so the margin of area in my part is extremely minimal.
I don't have any problem with accepting the statements of others completely disagreeing with my shot placement. But just because a vast majority dissagree with my shot placement doesn't make it unethical.
There are a lot of animals that are shot through shoulders, behind shoulder etc.. That are not recovered every single year.
When a Hunter knows that they have a larger area for mistake a Hunter MAY not take that extra second to think before they squeeze trigger.