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Re: shot placement
[Re: canvasback]
#2290261
11/12/17 02:26 PM
11/12/17 02:26 PM
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northport
deadeye48
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High shoulder shot. It breaks both shoulders, destroys the lungs and shocks the spinal system, DOTS
When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself
The older I get the better I used to be
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Re: shot placement
[Re: deadeye48]
#2290280
11/12/17 02:46 PM
11/12/17 02:46 PM
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D'Iberville, MS
MS_Hunter
12 point
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High shoulder shot. It breaks both shoulders, destroys the lungs and shocks the spinal system, DOTS Yep.....upper crease of the shoulder. No tracking
In your darkest hour when the demons come, call on me brother and we'll fight them together.
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Re: shot placement
[Re: canvasback]
#2290307
11/12/17 02:58 PM
11/12/17 02:58 PM
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Alabama
3FFarms
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Alabama
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Another vote for mid-high shoulder.
Ya'll are just overthinking it now
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Re: shot placement
[Re: canvasback]
#2290309
11/12/17 02:58 PM
11/12/17 02:58 PM
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Alabama
3FFarms
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What is considered the high shoulder?
2/3 up the shoulder.
Ya'll are just overthinking it now
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Re: shot placement
[Re: canvasback]
#2290314
11/12/17 03:00 PM
11/12/17 03:00 PM
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D'Iberville, MS
MS_Hunter
12 point
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12 point
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D'Iberville, MS
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What is considered the high shoulder?
Where the shoulder rounds at the top
In your darkest hour when the demons come, call on me brother and we'll fight them together.
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Re: shot placement
[Re: Mbrock]
#2290398
11/12/17 03:51 PM
11/12/17 03:51 PM
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St. Clair
Hornhntr
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You miss 2" high on that high shoulder and all you get is a deer you think you killed, that jumps to its feet about the time you walk up on it, and you never see it again. I agree it puts them down, but you better err on the low side, not too high. This. I learned the hard way on a very nice buck.
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Re: shot placement
[Re: canvasback]
#2290412
11/12/17 04:01 PM
11/12/17 04:01 PM
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North AL
AU338MAG
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Old Mossy Horns
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Worry less about dropping the deer in his tracks and concentrate on making a good shot just behind the shoulder, mid way up. Room for error in any direction and will kill the deer quickly with this shot. I hear people brag about their high shoulder shots but the conveniently forget about the wounded deer they never found.
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
Molon Labe
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Re: shot placement
[Re: canvasback]
#2290419
11/12/17 04:05 PM
11/12/17 04:05 PM
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Right behind you
Mbrock
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Fancy
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Right behind you
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So is it better to aim right at the shoulder?
Follow the front leg up and shoot it halfway up the body cavity. That shot drops about half of the deer I shoot and the other half run no more than 30-40 yards with a double lung blood trail anybody could follow. Don't try to be a trick shot with the high shoulder thing. It works really well but there's a lot of mistakes that can happen in real life. A projectile through both lungs kills them EVERY time.
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Re: shot placement
[Re: AU338MAG]
#2290434
11/12/17 04:13 PM
11/12/17 04:13 PM
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Mobile, AL
SouthBamaSlayer
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Mobile, AL
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Worry less about dropping the deer in his tracks and concentrate on making a good shot just behind the shoulder, mid way up. Room for error in any direction and will kill the deer quickly with this shot. I hear people brag about their high shoulder shots but the conveniently forget about the wounded deer they never found. Yep. Most of them are dead on arrival from the shock of the bullet.
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Re: shot placement
[Re: canvasback]
#2290582
11/12/17 06:30 PM
11/12/17 06:30 PM
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Boaz,AL
CarbonClimber1
14 point
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14 point
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Boaz,AL
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I told my hunters to shoot upper center of the shoulder....tho it rarely turned out that way. More like hmmmm i forgot what mr guide person said ill just aim at the middle of the body=paunch= me trompin through a thicket with a 357 tryin not to get bit in the face by a diamondback. Then ther was that one guy who shot evethang in the head... I liked that guy.
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Re: shot placement
[Re: Hornhntr]
#2290593
11/12/17 06:57 PM
11/12/17 06:57 PM
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Montgomery
bamaeyedoc
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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I aim at the "X." For the last 40 years I haven't lost too many with that spot. Those that I missed or didn't find, I obviously didn't hit where I wanted. Dr. B
AKA: “Dr. Bâ€
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1938-2017
UGA Class of 1960
BS/MS Forestry
LTJG, USNR
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Re: shot placement
[Re: CNC]
#2291035
11/13/17 06:54 AM
11/13/17 06:54 AM
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upatree
rulebreaker
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My head is in my ass.
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There’s actually been a study done on this that I read one time. Seems like it was a magazine article. It compiled a bunch of info from several hundred shots to see where was the highest percentage spot to hit that would drop the deer in its tracks. They concluded that there is a spot high on the shoulder that is DRT nearly every time. Seems like they said there was a major nerve that ran through that area or something. The problem with that shot in my mind though is that you’re really flirting with a back whack shot if you’re shot is off a little. I prefer to aim right behind the shoulder with a gun so that I have some margin for error.  D7 for me
Don't go looking for TROUBLE, it'll find you soon enough!
There are old, wise men and then there are just old fools. The sooner you learn this, the wiser you will be.
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Re: shot placement
[Re: rulebreaker]
#2291052
11/13/17 07:15 AM
11/13/17 07:15 AM
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Boxes Cove
2Dogs
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There’s actually been a study done on this that I read one time. Seems like it was a magazine article. It compiled a bunch of info from several hundred shots to see where was the highest percentage spot to hit that would drop the deer in its tracks. They concluded that there is a spot high on the shoulder that is DRT nearly every time. Seems like they said there was a major nerve that ran through that area or something. The problem with that shot in my mind though is that you’re really flirting with a back whack shot if you’re shot is off a little. I prefer to aim right behind the shoulder with a gun so that I have some margin for error. D7 for me D-E7 $$$$$$$$
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: shot placement
[Re: deadeye48]
#2291081
11/13/17 07:49 AM
11/13/17 07:49 AM
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AL
BamaGuitarDude
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High shoulder shot. It breaks both shoulders, destroys the lungs and shocks the spinal system, DOTS yup
ALDeer physics: for every opinion, there's an equal & opposite opinion
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
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Re: shot placement
[Re: 257wbymag]
#2291122
11/13/17 08:39 AM
11/13/17 08:39 AM
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Posts: 8,571
Grays Creek, NC
bigcountry692001
14 point
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14 point
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Grays Creek, NC
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Here's my daughters shot from this pm. I wish she'd hit everyone e the rest of her life right here. 145 gr Barnes lrx 7-08. I can't explain it any clearer than this is placement you want.  I would say 80% of the deer I check in are shot here. There is the occasional neck or head shot, some of those done on purpose and some not so much. Good shot and congrats by the way!
"You cant manage a deer herd with acorns."
-Dr. Craig Harper
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Re: shot placement
[Re: bigcountry692001]
#2291196
11/13/17 09:30 AM
11/13/17 09:30 AM
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Boxes Cove
2Dogs
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Here's my daughters shot from this pm. I wish she'd hit everyone e the rest of her life right here. 145 gr Barnes lrx 7-08. I can't explain it any clearer than this is placement you want. I would say 80% of the deer I check in are shot here. There is the occasional neck or head shot, some of those done on purpose and some not so much. Good shot and congrats by the way! That shot looks D-7 per the chart or real close to it. Straight up the back of the leg, bout 1/2 way up the body, very high percentage with room for error. $$$$$
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: shot placement
[Re: canvasback]
#2291267
11/13/17 10:35 AM
11/13/17 10:35 AM
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Posts: 10,563
Central, Al
Bustinbeards
Booner
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Booner
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Central, Al
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The "plate" is a scapula.
Originally Posted By: Wiley Coyote
Well, the way I see it is there's just too many assholes
On a good day there's a bunch of assholes in here. On a bad day there's too many assholes in here.
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Re: shot placement
[Re: canvasback]
#2291275
11/13/17 10:40 AM
11/13/17 10:40 AM
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Posts: 10,322
coffee county
goodman_hunter
Booner
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Booner
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coffee county
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c6 for me, DRT. have hit higher a time or 2 and it still drops them. Requires second shot. Last year i shot it with pistol to finish it off. If the deer drops its head right before you shoot it'll be high but the deer will still drop.
For without victory, there is no survival
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Re: shot placement
[Re: canvasback]
#2291286
11/13/17 10:48 AM
11/13/17 10:48 AM
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Posts: 10,322
coffee county
goodman_hunter
Booner
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Booner
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coffee county
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also gotta remember with them charts. The bullet is usually a downward angle. so exit and entrance wound is not the same.
For without victory, there is no survival
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Re: shot placement
[Re: goodman_hunter]
#2291332
11/13/17 11:21 AM
11/13/17 11:21 AM
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Oxford
LetOff
6 point
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6 point
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Oxford
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also gotta remember with them charts. The bullet is usually a downward angle. so exit and entrance wound is not the same. Good point. I had the privilege of hunting with an old man about 3 years ago for a season on his land. He killed a few doe and a buck, all neck shots. Of course he stated, "They don't run on a well placed neck shot." I tried that technique and its proven correct so far. So put me down for C4. Only time I wont shoot in neck is if its a long shot and don't get a lot of those in hardwoods & pines.
Ain't nothing a sharp knife can't fix
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