Shot placement
10-17-2006, 07:02 AM
#13
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: St. Louis, Mo
Posts: 855
RE: Shot placement
Sorry but I have not gone to the bow hunting safty course. Enlighten me!
I of course am speaking about gun hunting. I would never aim for the neck with a bow. Better shot with a rifle.
One of the main reasons I shoot em in the neck is because they don't run away, they aren't stressed or all tensed up, which I believe adds to the wild taste of the meat, and to me it's more humane to make a quick clean kill. That's just the way I do it. Not trying to make anyone else do it my way. It just works for me.
I of course am speaking about gun hunting. I would never aim for the neck with a bow. Better shot with a rifle.
One of the main reasons I shoot em in the neck is because they don't run away, they aren't stressed or all tensed up, which I believe adds to the wild taste of the meat, and to me it's more humane to make a quick clean kill. That's just the way I do it. Not trying to make anyone else do it my way. It just works for me.
10-17-2006, 09:21 AM
#14
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: New Brunswick
Posts: 358
RE: Shot placement
If it is within 50 yrds I shoot it in the head. Within 100yrds the neck and past the 100yrd mark I go for the heart/lungs. If I ever get a chance to shoot a buck that I want to mount I would shoot for the lung/heart no matter the distance.
10-17-2006, 01:44 PM
#16
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: Shot placement
ORIGINAL: Sniper151
I'll aim at the top of Rebel Hog's red dot.
Reb, I wish we had deer with those markings in Pa.
I'll aim at the top of Rebel Hog's red dot.
Reb, I wish we had deer with those markings in Pa.
The Red is the heart, the White is the Lungs and the Yellow is the Spine.I aim right between the Red and the White.
10-17-2006, 07:54 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,695
RE: Shot placement
ORIGINAL: NBDeerHunter
If it is within 50 yrds I shoot it in the head. Within 100yrds the neck and past the 100yrd mark I go for the heart/lungs. If I ever get a chance to shoot a buck that I want to mount I would shoot for the lung/heart no matter the distance.
If it is within 50 yrds I shoot it in the head. Within 100yrds the neck and past the 100yrd mark I go for the heart/lungs. If I ever get a chance to shoot a buck that I want to mount I would shoot for the lung/heart no matter the distance.
ditto, except for the head shots, thats just to nasty looking, specially with children around. I've done it before, yauuuuckkkk
10-18-2006, 08:53 AM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 4,264
RE: Shot placement
That'd be something to imagine, a doe on the ground, and where her head is supposed to be, all there is is blood, hair, and teeth![:'(]
Most likely the brains'll slop out like over-boiled spaghetti.
Most likely the brains'll slop out like over-boiled spaghetti.
