I have seen deer shot just about everwhere you could shoot one in all my years of hunting . Believe me all the deer hit in the head weren't bad neck shots just very poor shooting .One time I tracked a deer for a couple hunter that had wounded a buck but couldn't find it . I got them on the deer two different times and they both missed it at about 50 yards the third time I jumped the deer I shot it in the back of the neck running straight away .They both got mad at me for shooting thier deer .This poor thing was shot in the horns ,through one ear ,burned the top of the ham about 4" long and a high shot through the ribs . Now assuming that this deer had two shots in the head area were they neck shooting . LOL I have shot a lot of deer in the neck and have yet to lose one in over fifty years of hunting . I think a lot of people need to shoot more . If your get a chance watch the deer going through a game check station sometimes and see what the real world is like . There are a lot of people that hit deer all over the place and aren't just shooting for the neck .