Neck shots for whitetails?
12-23-2014, 08:45 AM
#31
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Pensacola, Florida
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Only time I use a neck shot is if I am dispatching a buck on a bad shot I made. I also won't aim for high shoulder. One example a shot a 6 point yesterday evening at 202 yards and hit him high in the shoulder. He dropped in his tracks and what I though was DRT wasn't he was still alive crawling to the ditch on his front hooves. I went to shoot a second time but he rolled in the ditch. Of course had to get down run down there and shot him in the back of the neck with my .270. On that deer I hit high shoulder and spine.
12-23-2014, 09:19 AM
#32
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
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Only time I use a neck shot is if I am dispatching a buck on a bad shot I made. I also won't aim for high shoulder. One example a shot a 6 point yesterday evening at 202 yards and hit him high in the shoulder. He dropped in his tracks and what I though was DRT wasn't he was still alive crawling to the ditch on his front hooves. I went to shoot a second time but he rolled in the ditch. Of course had to get down run down there and shot him in the back of the neck with my .270. On that deer I hit high shoulder and spine.
12-23-2014, 09:27 AM
#33
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Port Neches, Texas
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Let's just say that neck or head shots are not the best shots to take! If someone can't connect on shoulder or boiler room shots, neck shots would be completely out of the question!
12-23-2014, 09:34 AM
#34
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Pensacola, Florida
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Had a 30-06 got rid of it because I wanted a flatter shooting rifle.... Did the same thing because I was told a high shoulder shot is the best shot to use on deer so they don't run. Well the one with the 30-06 was on purpose and after that never tried another high shoulder shot. Last night was me making a bad shot. I rushed the shot. Caliber won't make up for a bad shot.
Last edited by Brandon_SPC; 12-23-2014 at 09:40 AM.
12-23-2014, 02:29 PM
#35
Nontypical Buck
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Location: Eastern wv
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.011" of bullet diameter won't make any difference, why give up the accuracy potential and flatter trajectory of the 270 for an '06
the 270's .046" longer neck better stabilizes the heavier big game bullets and starts them into the lands straighter, its why I don't own an '06
RR
the 270's .046" longer neck better stabilizes the heavier big game bullets and starts them into the lands straighter, its why I don't own an '06
RR
12-23-2014, 03:57 PM
#36
Giant Nontypical
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.011" of bullet diameter won't make any difference, why give up the accuracy potential and flatter trajectory of the 270 for an '06
the 270's .046" longer neck better stabilizes the heavier big game bullets and starts them into the lands straighter, its why I don't own an '06
RR
the 270's .046" longer neck better stabilizes the heavier big game bullets and starts them into the lands straighter, its why I don't own an '06
RR
12-23-2014, 04:18 PM
#37
Giant Nontypical
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Jack of all Trades, master of none....
One reason the '06 was so popular in the last century is because so many carried them in WW-II, there is nothing magical about it...
One reason the '06 was so popular in the last century is because so many carried them in WW-II, there is nothing magical about it...
12-23-2014, 04:40 PM
#38
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12-23-2014, 04:50 PM
#39
Nontypical Buck
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Knew a hunter...
who successfully made the neck shot. Of course, he studied deer anatomy and knew the best places to make the shot; was an excellent shot who hit what he aimed at; performed animal autopsies before he did the butchering.
The animal autopsy determined without guessing, why the deer instantly collapsed. No guesswork for him. How do you know where you hit, if you take the whole deer, less guts, to the processor.
The animal autopsy determined without guessing, why the deer instantly collapsed. No guesswork for him. How do you know where you hit, if you take the whole deer, less guts, to the processor.
12-23-2014, 05:05 PM
#40
Nontypical Buck
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Location: Eastern wv
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RR
Last edited by Ridge Runner; 12-23-2014 at 05:10 PM.