shot placement
02-11-2009, 12:06 PM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: North Louisiana
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RE: shot placement
ORIGINAL: Zrabfan26
I always aim for the shoulder, unless I don't have the shot then I wait or go for the neck. I shoot a .243 and have never dropped a deer hit in the shoulder, and it wastes some meat, just a habit I guess.
I always aim for the shoulder, unless I don't have the shot then I wait or go for the neck. I shoot a .243 and have never dropped a deer hit in the shoulder, and it wastes some meat, just a habit I guess.
02-11-2009, 01:28 PM
#22
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: grottoes,va.
Posts: 764
RE: shot placement
i see alot saying they like a neck ,neck shots are usualy not takin unless the deer is close . close neck shot is sometimes the worst shot you can take,bullet sometime zip right thru and the deer walks. most shoulder shots will drop a deer,but a big bodied deer may just run off to die or survive a shoulder shot. use a good bullet and try to hitem just behind the shoulder blade from the middle downward .
when you first start deer hunting most will shoot mid body just to make sure they don't miss. to improve your shooting ,start varmit hunting after a while your shot placement on bigger animals will tighten up. there is no perfect shot to drop every deer in its tracks ,i've shot them dead in the heart and they still run 75yds.
when you first start deer hunting most will shoot mid body just to make sure they don't miss. to improve your shooting ,start varmit hunting after a while your shot placement on bigger animals will tighten up. there is no perfect shot to drop every deer in its tracks ,i've shot them dead in the heart and they still run 75yds.
02-11-2009, 02:08 PM
#24
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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RE: shot placement
Whitetails IMO are an amazingly tuff animal for thier size.The only deer that I ever drop in its tracks was a deer I shot @ 30 yards slightly quatering away w/ a 12 gauge slug.I've hit deer broadside to me w/ a 30.30 & 30.06 right behind the shoulder & they ran,not far but they still ran.IMO the "ideal" shot is a deer quartering away so you could hit behind the shoulder & also hit the opposite shoulder.
02-12-2009, 06:53 AM
#25
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2009
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RE: shot placement
ORIGINAL: teedub31
Not sure what anatomy book you looked at, but a shoulder shot ain't gonna give you much chance at the heart unless you are at a heller step angle.
ORIGINAL: Andrew_outdoors
Depends on what you are using. If your bow hunting hitting the shoulder isn't going to do you or the deer much good and you should aim just behind the shoulder. If you have a rifle, taking out the shoulder presents you with an opportunity at the heart, and possibly breaking the shoulder, preventing the animal from getting too far.
Depends on what you are using. If your bow hunting hitting the shoulder isn't going to do you or the deer much good and you should aim just behind the shoulder. If you have a rifle, taking out the shoulder presents you with an opportunity at the heart, and possibly breaking the shoulder, preventing the animal from getting too far.
Not sure what anatomy book you looked at, but a shoulder shot ain't gonna give you much chance at the heart unless you are at a heller step angle.
Right in the fleshy area where the arteries meet the lungs, that's what i meant. Not the scapula, sorry.
02-12-2009, 07:00 AM
#26
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 148
RE: shot placement
Does get shot in the Head. No lost meat and a clean kill. I've never had a deer run far after taking a head shot. If you miss at least you don't have an injured deer running around. If head shot is not there I then shoot for the neck and my 3rd spot is behind the shoulder. I Have seen deer run pretty far on three legs and hitting in the shoulder actually decreases your chances of vitals being hit.
02-12-2009, 07:42 AM
#29
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 1,462
RE: shot placement
ORIGINAL: driftrider
I'd aim for the crosshair (heart/double lung), but any shot inside the dark red circle will be quickly lethal.
Mike
I'd aim for the crosshair (heart/double lung), but any shot inside the dark red circle will be quickly lethal.
Mike
I just saw Rebels post. Rebel, you go my crosshair spot dead on!
02-12-2009, 08:06 AM
#30
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Coralville, IA. USA
Posts: 3,802
RE: shot placement
I put it there because of the way that I sight in my rifles (max point-blank-range, +/- 3"). Since most of my shots will be well within 200 yards, the bullet is going to be above the line-of-sight during most of that time, so the POI would actually be up to 3" above that mark depending on the range. If the shot were farther than 250 yards, I'd aim slightly higher to about the middle of the big circle, but I've never had a situation where that was necessary (yet).
Mike
Mike