Head shot on does
10-17-2008, 09:45 PM
#12
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Trussville, AL
Posts: 171
RE: Head shot on does
ORIGINAL: Pass_Thru
Theres no wasted meat on a double lung shot. Id never take a head shot. Just to much room for error. Id feel horrible to see a hit in the jaw or thru the eye and have her get away, Just not a respectful shot in my opinion.
Jay
Theres no wasted meat on a double lung shot. Id never take a head shot. Just to much room for error. Id feel horrible to see a hit in the jaw or thru the eye and have her get away, Just not a respectful shot in my opinion.
Jay
10-18-2008, 07:59 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,482
RE: Head shot on does
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.
10-18-2008, 08:48 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Warsaw,MO
Posts: 2,046
RE: Head shot on does
ORIGINAL: oldsmellhound
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.
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.
10-18-2008, 09:05 AM
#16
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Middleton, Wisconsin
Posts: 979
RE: Head shot on does
ORIGINAL: MOhunter46
A deer that is gut shot will die a lot quicker than a deer thats shot in the jaw. So again, a head shot is VERY unethical.
ORIGINAL: oldsmellhound
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.
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.
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.
10-18-2008, 09:28 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Chippewa county, WI.
Posts: 2,646
RE: Head shot on does
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.
10-18-2008, 09:57 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Huntin' In Colorado
Posts: 2,910
RE: Head shot on does
ORIGINAL: WIbuckchaser
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.
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.
Nope, no head shots for me!
10-18-2008, 10:37 AM
#19
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Western Montana
Posts: 96
RE: Head shot on does
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.
