M-n-o-p good for me - like this target

Just being able to connect on pie plate at 100 yards blows

Right between their glowing eyes

Between F N

Theys many places that'll kill one...I missed my share and also made some unbelievable shots...the point is have the most accurate gun u can to compensate for your screw up

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Bottom of N if its less than 200 yards. Behind the sholder 200 and farther.

I'm not thinking of a paper plate at any distance I shoot, 400 yards and in, because that paper plate is just too big. I'm thinking of looking for one very small specific spot on that deer. Once I know I'm going to shoot that deer, I am looking for that small spot/hair I plan for that bullet to hit. 1) Know your target and verify; 2) Check surroundings; 3) Control heart rate; 4) Control breathing, 5) Check surroundings again; 5) Aim at THE spot; 6) breathe in, let some out; 7) slowly squeeze the trigger; 8) Keep eyes in the scope and verify target is down; 9) Rack another round; 10) verify target is down; 11) Give Thanks; 12) Climb down for the real work to begin. With enough practice 1-8 can take a matter of seconds, sometimes in the woods that's all you have. Practice the way you are going to hunt. Know what that bullet is going to do, know where it's going to hit, know what you are shooting at you want to take home.

I shoot at the N . I Follow the leg up to that shoulder , take a breath , let half out and squeeze slowly . No tracking required usually. Im too old to search for and drag a deer up and down hollows these days.

If at all possible I try to wait for a broadside shot which gives the best odds of success imo. I aim in the center of the ribcage. If I pull it left, right, high or low a couple inches it is still a dead deer. I also believe in lots of range practice but when I see a buck, I put it on him an touch it off, no screwing around. Has worked well for me.

I blew it this yr on a great buck... He came by me chasing a doe and stopped behind a big pine tree about 60 or 70 yds away and was watching what her next move would be...I could only see his head, neck, a little tiny part of his shoulder and front leg and that big rack behind that pine...Safety off, propped rest, crosshairs settled on his neck(chip shot right?) Problem was I have never tried to shoot one in the neck intentionally (40 yrs of hunting) so I waited for him to take one step...just one little tiny step forward 8 or 10 inches...I had the scope on him for what seemed like an eternity to where I was second guessing my decision figuring he would spin around and run at her directly away from me.....A DANG GOODUN TOO....Guess what happened next....you guessed it, that joker spun around on a dime and went directly away from me chasing her......Took me 40 yrs for that lesson...It wont happen again I promise.....

DeerNutz, most of us have let some walk because the shot wasn't what we wanted to take. It would make me sicker to wound one and not find it than pass up an "iffy" shot.