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Actually you would be better off with the shoulder shot than a head shot. For one a head shot is very tricky to pull off with a deer, and another is the deer can still run with a head shot. Ever watch a chicken run around with no head.

Same thing can happen with a neck shot. It may drop and it may not, but if it doesn't it can still run until it bleeds out.

In most cases a good shoulder shot will anchor the deer because you broke one or both of it's shoulders, even if it isn't dead. It's pretty hard to run if your front legs don't work anymore. And if you transfer enough energy to the spine and central nervous system it will be knocked unconscious as well.

Dear rarely die on the spot when you shoot them. They may fall where you shoot them, but it still takes a little while for them to die. They get shocked so hard they simply can't get up or respond until it's too late.

Paul

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for those of you intereste in neck shots here is a story for you. we were on the trail of a buck a friend had gut shot and we found another deer shoot only in the neck and was never claimed. yhis nice six point was ruined. i would have gladly taken the deer and tracked it to claim it. my point is maybe these "neck" shots are not so good and maybe we should just stick to the heart and lung shots

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heart lungs

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heart And lungs bigger targets

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These discussions kill me.... Seriously people are aiming at something other than the bread basket?!?!?

There is no other shot than the heart/lungs, period.

Only variation is to take out the shoulder, if I have enough time I try to do that... There is no reason not to shoot the deer in the vitals!

Neck shots are just careless!

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Deffinately lungs! There your biggest vitals. Shooting at the neck is asking for it, to much room for error!

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neck shots - under 100 yds - small to large calibers
vitals -over a 100 yds - large calibers.
vitals under 30 yds - archery.
head shots- pigs

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When you put it through the lungs they don't run far, it's the best shot without a doubt and the biggest target!!!!

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Heart and Lung shots for me.

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Double lung,you don't have much meat to waste on the rib cage anyway,only way you are going to waste meat is if you aim to far forward and hit the shoulder.