A good double lung, broadside shot, will yield as much useable meat as a head shot!

Well said, Jay.

A little bit high, a little bit low,a little to theleft or the right on a head shot will cause alot of suffering.

With an accurate rifle or muzzleloader, if the range is short and the deer isn't moving, I think it's an okay shot. Most of the time you'll either kill the deer instantly, or miss completely. Yes there is a chance of wounding a deer, causing suffering, but that chance is still there for you "double lung" guys- if your aim is off, if the deer moves, etc, you can wind up gut-shooting them- also a lot of pain and suffering for the deer. Fact is, we're hunting deer and trying to kill them- and it doesn't always work out the way we want it to every time- there's always a chance of wounding a deer. Our job is to keep that chance as low as possible.

Adeer that is gut shot will die a lotquicker than a deer thats shot in the jaw. So again,a head shot is VERY unethical.

My brothers first deer he ever shot he was aiming for the neck, but he must have jerked the trigger and he shot the deer in the Jaw. The deer dropped in its tracks because of the shock.

IMO a head shot will is just as good as any other. But its not the easiest sho, in the right circumstances it is an okay shot to take.

I feel if you are confident in the head shot take it. Like me last year Iwas mad when I missed. I think it must have been too close. I should have used the iron sights. We all have to make the choice on where to place the shot and we have to have confidence in ourselves and our equipment in doing so.

You had confidence in yourself and your equipment and you still missed because it was to close....hmmmm

Nope, no head shots for me!

The biggest problem with aiming for the head is that it is the part of the animal that could quickly move for any reason. A deer standing and eating, or even bedded may just want to look around, smell the wind, etc. and that head is going to move. Not so for the torso, it has to walk, duck, or jump for that. That movement takes longer for the deer, is less likely tohappen,and is easier to anticipate. If you're that close a double lung is much easier and ethical because the kill zone is much larger, less mobile, and a miss is going to hit the shoulder, liver, spine, etc and likely cause a kill. Head shots do not offer any of this, either a kill, a miss,or a disaster. Take the easy shot (lungs). It's the right one.

LUNGS LUNGS LUNGS enough said.