if the shots right and i KNOW i can make it cleanly ill head shoot deer....the 7 ive shot ive never taken one....could have on one or 2..just didnt think of it in time....6 were heart lung shots.....im a fan of doing all i can to take a deer down QUICK....most dropped on the spot....i try to wait for a quartering shot....so i can bust a shoulder and destroy the boiler room.....this year i had one quartering away from me....i was above it on a hill..kinda facing me a GOOD bit....but also would been broadside if i let it walk 20 yds below me instead of infront of me....i didnt even have to think about where to put it.....i made an awesome shot.....i didnt get to see the butched deer....but it went in the neck....and through the boiler room...dont know if it came out or where it did....no big holes...and it was dark...didnt check too hard.....but the deer did a backflip and was ready to be dressed when i got to it....never twitched...awesome shot.....now im a fan of neck shots....made me a believer.....but now its going to be flintlock season.......heart n lungs only........but a rifle i can shoot quarter sized groups at my hunting ranges....i like to drop em wehre they stand.....head shots if i know i can make it....neck shots if i cant make a head shot....and if i cant make that ill take the boiler room......if i cant take that it must not be a deer.....to each his own......but i dont take shots i dont KNOW i can make cleanly......head shots the most deadly shot there is if put where it needs to be...but its not for guys that dont shoot their rifle regularly and know they can make it....its a small target......