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Re: Go to shot on a deer
[Re: Semo]
#2975470
12/04/19 05:26 PM
12/04/19 05:26 PM
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Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 10,597
Central, Al
Bustinbeards
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Booner
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Posts: 10,597
Central, Al
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why would you want to waste all that meat by shooting the shoulders? Not that I haven't shot a lot of shoulders out on running deer, but I would never want that shot just to create red jello and some flappy legs. Cause I want him DRT!
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: Go to shot on a deer
[Re: dirkdaddy]
#2975524
12/04/19 06:11 PM
12/04/19 06:11 PM
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Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 144
WSW AL
surgical_grade
3 point
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3 point
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 144
WSW AL
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N all day. That's the "go get the 4 wheeler shot", not the "let's go track it" shot. +1
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Re: Go to shot on a deer
[Re: General]
#2975642
12/04/19 08:06 PM
12/04/19 08:06 PM
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Posts: 5,914
Pine Hill, Al
Todd1700
12 point
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12 point
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Posts: 5,914
Pine Hill, Al
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If broadside I have always shot them tight behind the shoulder. It may not always cause a DRT kill but it's a sure double lung and I have never lost one that I hit in that area. Don't like shooting them in the shoulders because I like having that shoulder meat made into sausage. Don't care for neck shots because despite all the people who claim it never fails I have seen it go bad for several friends and family members.
The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back.
- Abigail van Buren
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Re: Go to shot on a deer
[Re: Semo]
#2975675
12/04/19 08:26 PM
12/04/19 08:26 PM
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Posts: 9,375
Jasper, AL
joshm28
14 point
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14 point
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Posts: 9,375
Jasper, AL
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why would you want to waste all that meat by shooting the shoulders? Not that I haven't shot a lot of shoulders out on running deer, but I would never want that shot just to create red jello and some flappy legs. I have a foodplot on the end of a Ridge. It drops 200’ to the creek bottom on both sides. I want to anchor one in the field.
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Re: Go to shot on a deer
[Re: General]
#2978022
12/07/19 02:55 PM
12/07/19 02:55 PM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 11,357
Kennedy, al
globe
Booner
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Booner
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Posts: 11,357
Kennedy, al
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https://youtu.be/QYX1KKJgg78I thought this was pertinent, but I highly disagree with his Treestand shot placement. Deer Drop Every Time. I’ve shot over enough in my life that I learned to shoot low.
Everything woke turns to shucks
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Re: Go to shot on a deer
[Re: Semo]
#2978028
12/07/19 03:07 PM
12/07/19 03:07 PM
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Posts: 1,533
Al
Broadhead26
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Posts: 1,533
Al
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why would you want to waste all that meat by shooting the shoulders? Not that I haven't shot a lot of shoulders out on running deer, but I would never want that shot just to create red jello and some flappy legs. I was kinda shocked reading through the first 3 pages where half the guys do full blown shoulder shots. I'm with you on this one.
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Re: Go to shot on a deer
[Re: General]
#2978037
12/07/19 03:14 PM
12/07/19 03:14 PM
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Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 11,149
Central Alabama
Cuz-Pat
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 11,149
Central Alabama
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I'm a conservationist. I dont like messing up meat. Its H,I,P zone for me on every deer I shoot.
Cuz-Pat
Patton's European Mounts
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Since 1998
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Re: Go to shot on a deer
[Re: General]
#2978754
12/08/19 03:50 AM
12/08/19 03:50 AM
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Posts: 9,643
Pisgah Al
Bigbamaboy
14 point
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14 point
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Posts: 9,643
Pisgah Al
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I’ve never understood the thought process of shooting a buck in the shoulder. Why would I shoot a deer in the most heavily protected spot? A deer can go miles on three legs, but there has never been a deer walk the earth that can live without lungs.
Also, I’ve never shot a deer with a proper bullet through the lungs when it didn’t blow blood out both sides and fall within sight. I’m talking 223 to 300 mag. Doesn’t matter.
Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?
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Re: Go to shot on a deer
[Re: Bigbamaboy]
#2978778
12/08/19 07:56 AM
12/08/19 07:56 AM
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Posts: 34,456
Boxes Cove
2Dogs
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Posts: 34,456
Boxes Cove
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I’ve never understood the thought process of shooting a buck in the shoulder. Why would I shoot a deer in the most heavily protected spot? A deer can go miles on three legs, but there has never been a deer walk the earth that can live without lungs.
Also, I’ve never shot a deer with a proper bullet through the lungs when it didn’t blow blood out both sides and fall within sight. I’m talking 223 to 300 mag. Doesn’t matter. You are correct Sir. Take the high percentage , most forgiving shot. Not only will a center fire rifle get the job done through the lungs, so will a broad head. I shoot them with a rifle same spot I do with a bow. Keep It Simple Stupid.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Go to shot on a deer
[Re: General]
#2978793
12/08/19 08:19 AM
12/08/19 08:19 AM
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Posts: 25,700
Locust Fork, Alabama
BC
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 25,700
Locust Fork, Alabama
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If it’s a doe and I have a crystal clear broadside shot I will shoot her right behind the point of her elbow on the front shoulder so I won’t tear up meat. If it’s a bigger deer like a buck (160 lbs and up) I’m going center mass on that front shoulder. He can’t run very far if both his front shoulders are broken and he’s digging a ditch with his nose.
"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."
-- Archibald Rutledge
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Re: Go to shot on a deer
[Re: Mbrock]
#2978856
12/08/19 09:49 AM
12/08/19 09:49 AM
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Posts: 18,055
North AL
AU338MAG
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Posts: 18,055
North AL
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High shoulder shots are popular, but one of the most unforgiving and high risk shots to take. I preach this from the rooftops and try to discourage it. It works great if you hit the spine and anchor the deer. It is a disaster if you’re 1” high anywhere in the top of the shoulder. The deer receives enough spinal shock for temporary paralysis, and by the time you get to the deer you’re wondering where it went. I’ve seen a lot of deer not recovered from high shoulder shots. 2-3” behind the shoulder, center mass, is double lung and a dead deer 100% of the time. He may run 40-50 yards but he’s going to be there dead. Agreed. High shoulder shots result in a lot of wounded deer. I like to put the bullet in the crease behind the shoulder, or between the O and P in the photo for a broadside shot. Another thought is to aim for the exit hole, and on quarreling shots this is the rule for me. I prefer a deer to be slightly quartered away, aim a little further back and exit on the offside shoulder.
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
Molon Labe
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