i agree with the behind the shoulder shots being the best shots... but like i said.. there is room for error in both shots.. one mayb be lager than the other.. but either way a deer is gonna get away once in a while

Room for error? a 2" square (which is generous for a spine/head shot) equals 4 square inches. A 6" square (which is conservative on a lung/vital organs shot) is 36 square inches! 9 times more! Thats quite a bit more than a "small difference" in margin for error!

Skeeter just one question. What exactly were you doing on horsegroomingsupplies.com?

You've heard the saying with "hung" and "like" in itI'm sure..................nuff said

that made no sense.. who said about a 2 inch square? im pretty sure i didnt... and if you used the 6 inch square you are using you still would still have some that got away..

New to this forum and can't believe people are shooting deer in the neck!?! WOW! I'm with you guys...it's unbelievable and very unethical.

Shoot the deer in the vitals.

What doesn't make sense about the difference in 4 square inches of kill zone and 36 square inches of kill zone? I believe that totals about roughly 32 sq. inches of more kill zone! It means that if you miss the "smaller" zone by an inch or so in any direction, you have a horribly wounded animal that you'll never find, AND IF you were aiming for the center of the vitals, the deer would be dead 0-100 yards away!

Not always the case. I've helped lots of people track lots of deer, and I've also come across deer others have shot and not found. Most were poorly placed shots, but several have been seemingly well-placed shots. Bullets do strange things, especially when they hit bones. And around these parts, if that deer runs 100 yards, your odds of findingit are less than 50/50.

I've also run across one deer that was neck shot. The bullet passed clean through, and the deer never showed any ill effects. The shooter was shooting a fairly large caliber rifle, shot for the neck broadside, and the bullet passed through without ever expanding. Only deer I've ever seen survive a neck shot.

I have seen a few deer with wounds on the head and jaw. Most were not shot by hunters, but by poachers at night with rimfire rifles. The poachers see eyes and shoot at the eyes. Sometimes the deer is looking to the side and is killed instantly, other times it is looking at the light and takes one in the mouth.[:'(]

amen...

I posted earlier about not taking head shots, but I don't see a problem with a neck shot under the right circumstances. I dropped one of my biggest buck on a neck shot. It was about 80 yrds and it was the only clear shot I had. The buck was standing and I had a good rest so i felt comfortable with the shot. If I could have got a shoulder shot I would have taken it instead. The gun and bullets I was using were heavy enough that even if I didn't hit the spine the deer would have went down. If you respect the animals you hunt you won't take an unrealistic shot. There are a lot of variables involved so I don't think all neck shots are unethical it depends on the situation.