Guy cam into the shop today, and we got to shootin the breeze about hunting. He told me that every deer he shoots he goes for the neck first. Now, Ive never heard of doing this, or not doing this, so I couldnt really argue with him about any of the points he was making. He claimed that if the arrow hits the spine, they go right down, if it hits the major artery they go down fast, and as long as you get em in the neck , not the brisket, they cant run as they need to use their neck to run, so you can get an easy follow up shot.
Is this complete crap? Does he have a point? I'm inclined to think that this is complete crap, but again I've never heard of stickin em in the neck.

Witha gun yes.With an arrow too risky. Unless you are Stan Potts.

There's Probably a real good reason you've never heard of doing that.[:@]

There is to many "if"s in there to convince me to change my aim location.

He sure sounds convinced, but it's not something I would try. I'll stick with aiming for the lungs. The only "if" with them is "if" I hit them I know the deer will be dead.

Anybody purposely aiming for the neck as their intendedtarget should be punched in the sack.......end of story.

(I saw the Stan Potts thing and have mixed feelings toward that shot.......not high percentage but I understand what he was trying to do and that was drive the arrow down into the animals chest cavity. Hard to say what any of us would do at full draw in those same circumstances but aiming at THE NECK, just the neck and the spine or vessels within as your preferred target is beyond dumb.)

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last year a guy who hunts by where i live shot a doe in the neck just below the ear with a arrow and never found it.he watched it run 120yards before going into the woods.id hate to wound a deer and not find it.

I really Hope I see the guy again. He did say that anywhere in the neck will disable them from running, which doesnt seem right either.
I guess there is a good possibility he has never even harvested a deer

If you do see him again please do punch him in the sack.......tell him it's from me.