Head Shots....Yes or No?
 

Let's settle this once and for all and end this dispute.

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Why, when there's such a big target with the vitals?

If your shots even a hair off, you risk leaving an injured, suffering animal out there. If that's your goal...you're no hunter.

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not my goal. You must have me confused with others. I say vitals.

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I was referring to those that exclusively take head shots....sorry for the confusion.

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If you take head shots you are ingorant. That is my opinion, but everyone is entitled to thier own.

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thats def. comiong from someoone who is pretty ignorant themselves there bowman. and canned heat, you said exclusivley. thats pretty vague. i think the guys, myself included who arent afriad of popin a deer in the melon are saying if thats the shot they have, they take it. i do. but if i have a decent shoulder shot ide rather have it. up here in maine buddy you boys would go home empty handed w/ high and mighty opinions like that. you must be some of those polo shirt hunters w/ heated blinds and feeders and food plots i bet! i voted for #4 by the way

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Id rather have a broad side shot but if all I can get is a head shot im all for it I also voted #4 [8D][&:]

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If a head shot is all I am offered Ill let the deer walk. I can and will get a better shot than that. If your so desperate to shoot a deer that you need to take a marginal shot, then maybe bird hunting would be a better choice.

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I'm pretty much either way for it, if i already have enough meat but want to shoot a deer for another family member might was well just try it, i mean you wont wound it so you dont hafta worry about that, and if you miss then well you miss who cares!

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again you dont hunt up here. we have about 4 deer per sq. mile you might only get one chance pal. better make it count

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i get what your sayin skybuster but the shot being ethical or not has no relevance to how many deer you have per square mile. whereever your hunting now matter what the deer population i say if you dont have an ethical shot on the animal do not take it. ya gotta have some respect for the animal to at least make a clean ethical kill on them. just my two cents

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4 deer per square mile??? If thats all the deer you got they should ban deer hunting in that state

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Cant wound on a head shot?????? Have you ever seen a deer running around with a flopping upper or lower jaw? I have and it is not a pleasing sight. THis is the result of a head shot that is a few inches off, which in turn results in a long, slow painful death.

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By exclusively, if you know what that means: as in the only shots they'll take. How that's vague, I don't know. I know of yahoos who think it's really neat to see what kind of carnage they can cause to the noggin of a whitetail....like they're in it for the killing and the graphic outcomeof it all more than they are for the meat, the hunt, or the health of the herd. Trust me, I still shoot competitively on occasion and could most times take out whatever, whenever within a given known range. Why would I risk a lost and wounded animal to a marginal shot like that when it's almost always uncalled for? Telling us you can dial in an easier, safer, andbetter shot on 72 square inches of deer head versus some 600+ square inches of vital region is a joke. So by your comment of: "4 deer per square mile...better make it count", you'll sit all morning for your one deer a day deer and when he swings by, all you're thinking about is a brain shot...because you might not see another deer? And when you do pull the trigger, is the deer even still at that point? Now I know where all the wounded jawless deer are coming from.

And for the record, I deer camp in Northern WI in an outside open-air tent with 7 other people. We butcher our own deer, crap in the woods, and take turns doing the chores that are necessary to keep the place from going to hell. We take showers from cooled boiling water before it freezes, and have on occasion booted wolves, badgers, and bears from our site. No 4 wheelers, no tv's, no heat, no nothing.

Learn to spell too, before you start piping up on how ignorant other people are....dumba$$.

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hmmmm. skybuster does not sit there waiting to pop a deer in the brain. neither do I. But I am with him. when the only shot your presented is a does head through an opening in the brush, if I am comfortable with the range I will take it. i voted # 4 as well. this will never sway any opinions either way. and it is legal, so we are just beating this toic to death. I don't think any of us try to shoot a deer in the head just go the heck of it. but if that is the shot that is given. I have no problem taking it.
-Jake

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Neither do I. My point was you're saving little, if any, meat with a head shot versus dbl lung shot. That was the question in the thread starter, along with whether it was ethical or not.If that's the only presentable shot and it's in doable range....I don't think anyone here hasgot a problem with it.I have seen guys in the woods or at the registration station that thought they were the Lee Harvey Oswalds of the deer hunting world, and it's crap because at one point or another...if you concentrate on nothing but headshots, you'll haveyour shareof wounded deer...and the deer deserves more than that in my opinion. Taking pop shots at me and some other guy he's never meant is a little over the top too, I think....and if you read all of his posts in this thread, he's not saying what you're saying. He's on here looking for a pissing match, plain and simple. I voted for #2....should've been #4.

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LOL, settle it once and for all. :eek:You could only wish. Head shots are unnecessary, and unethical, IMO.

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never heard of a suicider double lunging them selves.
whats the least painful ? whats the faster death ? whats more ethical then ?

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^^ good point.

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If your dog was hit by a car and was suffering and you had to put it down, would you shoot it behind the shoulder or in the head ?

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I'm strictly a meat hunter and take mostly short range shots, a head shot is fine with me if a body shot doesn't present itself.

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It's simple you take the shot that is presented to you.

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Suiciders and suffering dog owners usually don't miss becausethey are atclose range. At 100 yards I would rather try to hit a basketball than a softball.

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This is completely false and if you ever find or see a deer dying of starvation from a head shot gone wrong, (as I have) I would hope that it would change your opinion of ever taking them.

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So your comfort zone is inches, dont preach your abilities to others, my comfort zone would be 75 yds on head shots, 250 yds on vitals. Others here have no problemkilling at 800 yds, because I cant do that, gives me no right to tell them thats unethcial, stay within your comfort zone, dont preach it to others, please.
I dont know where you all hunt but it seems a lot of you have seen a lot of deer with jaws blown off, in 35 years I have never seen one, not a single one, but some of you have seen up to five. Jeeeeez thats like seeing bigfoot 5 times.

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I have never taken a head shot and probably never will. I have taken several with a neck shot, but only at close range. I had a friend of mine take a head shot at a large spike several years ago and shot one of the spikes rightoff. Funny thing is, the deer just ran about 10 yards and stopped. He didn't know what just happened. The second shot was in the neck and he went down for good. An inch lower on the first shot and we would have probably had an unrecoverable wounded deer. A head shot is just too risky in my book, unless the deer was at point blank range. Even then, I'm still not aiming for the head. I'll take a close neck shot though, but I'm talking real close.

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Not true about won't wound if shot in the head. There is always a chance for wounding. There is a chance to wound a deer if shooting at the rib cage. I prefer the largest possible target, which is the rib cage. I have never taken a head shot, but may someday be tempted to try it on a doe. I know a couple of guys that have accidently shot deer in the head with a bow. The deer in question didn't die quickly, but that's with a bow and arrow.

To the comment about being a polo shirt type hunter sitting in a heated blind - guess you've never tried it. I have a buddy with a couple of "condos". Once in there, he trades boots for slippers. Pretty nice being kicked back warm and relaxed not worrying about spooking deer. You can eat, drink, talk, play cards, etc. Pretty easy to stay all day. We use the condos when trading the bow for the gun. Think about it next time your ass is hurting and freezing while getting blown around in up in a tree.

Bob R.

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im not really for head shots eaither, but this is actually a good point that I have not considered before. It makes for a decent argument if nothing else.

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first off i dont sit, so no i dont sit there and wit to take a brain shot. up here we track. many times if all i can see is the head. ill take it. knock on wood ive never had an issue w/ wounding an animal. the 350 mag does well in that respect. would i prefewr a bigger target, hell yea but i aint passin up my chance at a good buck by being the "holy one" such as yourself. i say 4 deer per square mile so you could get an idea of how hard the hunting is in the north part of the state. someone mentioned "shut off hunting here" that population isnt everywheres, just up near the canadian border where we hunt. but the deer are much much bigger. and isnt that name calling???? hm i believe i got banned for such a simialar outburst lol i hope the same happens to you "holy hunter"

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Go for the vitals, with heads shots there are to many varibles that could make it a risky shot...

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I don't like when some say a head shot is a hit or miss shot. If you think it's a hit or miss shot, you are not good enough to take the shot. That is a 50/50 chance of hitting it.

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I will not shoot a head shot. We as hunters have a duty to the animals we hunt to be ethical and not cruel. With a head shot there is not any room for error. A bad shot could cause a very slow and painful death for the deer.

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"Holy one?" I do get to church most Sundays with the wife and kids.And why do you think hunting there is any harder than we have it here in WI or anywhere else?

If you remember as far back as yesterday, Brandon, your thread started off with this beautiful piece of penmanship:
thats def. comiong from someoone who is pretty ignorant themselves there bowman. and canned heat, you said exclusivley. thats pretty vague. i think the guys, myself included who arent afriad of popin a deer in the melon are saying if thats the shot they have, they take it. i do. but if i have a decent shoulder shot ide rather have it. up here in maine buddy you boys would go home empty handed w/ high and mighty opinions like that. you must be some of those polo shirt hunters w/ heated blinds and feeders and food plots i bet! i voted for #4 by the way.

Who started the name calling hear, sport? I hope your shooting is better than your typing. Make it to 7th grade over there? Enjoy your maple syrup.

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I'm sure his shooting is better. you have to be a good crack shot to hunt the big woods.
-jake

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lol the only thing i need to know how to write is my name on my deer tag. and i will enjoy my homemade maple syrup thanks. is it possible i could get you to proof read all my posts for me, i mean you seem concerned...[&:]

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go get em brandon:D
well my opinion is pretty much if there is a vitals shot im gonna take it if there is only a head shot then i willproblytake it but only withmy gun never with my bow JMO BTW dont feel bad about the spelling i suck so bad aty itbecause i say who cares as long as its 75 % ledgible

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Head Shots (neck shots too)...Absolutely not.

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Ive never killed a deer that was wounded, suffering, and at point blank range.[&:]

I don't care where you aim for a deer, just know your limitations and stay well within them. Mine just don't include head shots, to each his own.

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Im for shooting in the engine room (behind shoulder)I prefer it i dont mind other ppl doing it.I just dont besides ifI judged them i would be judging my cousins.itsyour opinion my opinion. Why do we bring these subject up?u shoot were ever i shoot were ever i just hunt and get meat for the freezer people lets just HUNT!

(i am against shooting fawns and yearlings though but thats ur opinion ur choice)

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While I find both of these statements true, I'll have to say I don't agree with head shots. It only takes a small margin of error to miss the brain/spinal column andknock offa lower jaw. While I am very careful to be sure that my rifle is shooting where I point it, there are a number of things that can happen while hunting to cause you to miss. Personally, I've only had one chance where all I could see was a doe's head through the brush. I didn't take the shot. I don't feel that makes me better than any one on here.Just my personal choice.