I’ll be the first to own up to that. I’ve taken a Texas heart shot before. Deer died but jeez it was awful. The shot was true and right where it was supposed to be. Like I mentioned above I’ve taken a neck shot before and the deer dropped immediately. Both times I took shots outside the vitals I justified it with the excuse “it was the only shot I had” when in reality I probably could have waited 15-30 seconds and not wasted all that meat.

Here is my comment....



This message board right here.... It is riddled with folks who can't find their deer the shot "at"... and the answers for this that come back from those who are equally or an even worse shots themselves... y'all just chalk it all up to bullet failure.

Most of you can't shoot well enough to be trying "Neck" shots beyond 25 yards. I think that's the most realistic answer.

We've got widespread issues of hitting "a deer" anywhere period at 25 IMO. With a freaking rifle.

The last one I remember taking was on a buck tending a doe in a thinned pine stand. I could see him every now and then, for seconds at a time. He wouldn’t leave her side but wasn’t pushing her. I ranged them at 140 yards and settled in on the center of his neck because that’s all I had. Thankfully I hit true but don’t make a habit of it. That was in 2008. I don’t recall taking another neck shot since. A 1” high or low impact is the difference in DRT or temporarily concussed and running into the next county 10 minutes later. I just don’t see the point in taking high risks shots when there’s a 12-16” circle of lung, heart and liver to shoot.