Neck shot ain't good fer nuthin' but a close range, straight on killin' shot to drop a wounded animal. Why shrink the target area? Why risk losin' an' animal thet may move his head right when you pull the trigger? I can tell you first hand thet a neck shot don't allays drop an animal straight away. Fragile bullets at close range will blow up, or get diverted on the heavy muscles of a big animal. They run a long ways an' head fer thick cover or steep ground. All these velocity crazy, "place yer shot" shooters need to learn some solid hunting lessons...probably the hard way. Heavy fer caliber bullets centered on the center of the shoulder is the way to make meat 'thout riskin' wounded animals an' long tracks. Fact is, I think most hunters thet wound game don't even bother with a proper track. They write it off as a missed shot or not worth the trouble. Seen two fellers open up on a herd of elk onct. Kilt several animals shootin' thru their multiple targets an' swithchin' targets when the first critter didn't drop right away. Seein' all the blood sign droppin' over the rim of a canyon made me want to slice someone up. The two fellers didn't seem concerned at all. They were too busy arguin' over the one bull thet dropped. After seein' the look on my face after checkin' the sign, the outfitter wisely took these two back to camp immediately, an' kept 'em far from my sight 'til they packed out. I got lil' patience fer shooters thet pretend to be hunters. Huntin' ain't a shootin' sport. Its about the Outdoors. 'Thout no respect fer nature an' the game, you'd be better off keepin' yer huntin' on these boards than risk runnin' into a real outdoorsman.

BJ