RE: How much meat loss from shoulder shot?
Hmm... Well maybe my processor is really picky or something. I shot a buck that dressed out at 145 last year and I think i got 45-55 pounds of meat. But thats almost all ground. The processor does 1000 a year and they get plenty of meat donated so they wouldn't be taking any.
Timber, this is the first deer i've shot through the shoulders. I just shout like an 1 or 2 inches off and hit the shoulder.