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Old 12-16-2014, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by CrabDaddy
If you want the deer to drop quickly, the safest shot is high shoulder. (4-6" below the spine). Bullet hits the bone and really causes some damage. Even the big ones usually don't make it off the field.

Yep, the high shoulder is DRT. Like RR said, its because it hits the spine. Spine drops way down where it comes into the shoulders and neck. I take that shot if I need one to not run at all. Always fun to watch em drop on the spot.
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Old 12-16-2014, 09:13 AM
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...if you knew where the spinal cord was and could hit it with a shot.

For some, the spinal cord is purely academic or unknown.
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Old 12-16-2014, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by WV Hunter
Yep, the high shoulder is DRT. Like RR said, its because it hits the spine. Spine drops way down where it comes into the shoulders and neck. I take that shot if I need one to not run at all. Always fun to watch em drop on the spot.
Ideally, I want to be high enough to take out the shoulder blades, but low enough so if I miss a little high I get spine.

"DRT"?
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Old 12-16-2014, 11:51 AM
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DRT= dead right there
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Old 12-16-2014, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by CrabDaddy
Ideally, I want to be high enough to take out the shoulder blades, but low enough so if I miss a little high I get spine.

"DRT"?
DRT=Dead right there!
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Old 12-17-2014, 07:12 AM
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I've never taken a neck shot because of the small kill zone. I probably would though, if it was the only shot I had and close enough to make sure it would kill - say within 20 yards.
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Old 12-17-2014, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by staywarmguy
I've never taken a neck shot because of the small kill zone. I probably would though, if it was the only shot I had and close enough to make sure it would kill - say within 20 yards.
Dang, you need to practice!!!
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Old 12-21-2014, 03:38 AM
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No offence to anyone on this thread.....however, if I cannot hit in the "boiler box", will not take the shot. I believe in one shot , one kill and my son has been trained the same way prior to my being disabled. I have being honest hit one in the neck in my life, it went down where it stood. I still did not like it. It is what it is at times...and non of us can predict that from year to year......we are only human after all and not perfect.......

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Old 12-23-2014, 08:07 AM
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I will always avoid neck shots for the simple fact a heart/lung shot is fatal and a double shoulder shot will drop them in their tracks. I personally won't risk a neck shot.
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Old 12-23-2014, 08:13 AM
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I won't take one. Bow or gun. No.
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