my neighbor had told me that it was just as good to shoot a deer in the neck as in the lungs or other vitals. has ne1 heard of this or do it?

This subject causes much controversy. If you really want to know what people think on this go to the deer hunting forum and use the search feature at the bottom of the page. Type in neck shot. You will have all the replys you want on this subject.

oh my.

VOTE gun yes. Vote Bow NO.

Shadow

Not to argue or nitpick but why yes with a gun and no with a bow?? What decisivly draws the line for you on the neck shot?

my vote is no neck shot regardless. JMO. I do not condem any one who does, just isn't my style.

The way I know it is that a neck shot if hit just right (Lucky) you will drop them but there is alot of room there in the neck that and not much of the spine or arterys so it is easy to miss. I dont know why but I seem to hit the neck often. My first and second bucks with a rifle were on perpose cause it was the only shot. My elk this year with my bow, she jumped the string and turned a little and I was shaking a bit and I got her square in the spine of the neck (Dropped her like a stone) Then on my buck this year I am not sure excatly what I did wrong but I some how got him in the neck aslo (dropped him also) very lucky shot but I have spent the last month trying to figure this one out my sights were fine so it must have been me. I guess god said I was shooting necks this year. lol

But on the other hand those two shots could have gone very bad but I was just very lucky this year and I dont like lucky shots cause there is always bad luck.

this is the type of question that gets the antis boiling.

why shoot the neck when you can shoot the vitals?

neck shooters get us in trouble.

the boiler room is ALWAYS the best bet.

J

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davidmil,

Nice restraint!

I stick with the lung shot. There is too good of a chance that something will go wrong hitting a deer in the neck. I have seen several deer be lost due to poor neck shots.