Lung, shoulder or head?

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Brisket looks to be in about the right location.

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bearkilr said:
The issue with the shoulder shot is that if you hit a bit too far forward, you get the brisket and a potentially wounded animal. Directly behind the shoulder leaves the most room for error and destroys the least amount of meat. But I realize this is the internet and everyone always hits exactly where they aim. ;)
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Forward of the shoulder is the neck -

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bearkilr said:
The issue with the shoulder shot is that if you hit a bit too far forward, you get the brisket and a potentially wounded animal. Directly behind the shoulder leaves the most room for error and destroys the least amount of meat. But I realize this is the internet and everyone always hits exactly where they aim. ;)
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You hit the neck, not the brisket. Brisket is low.

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pete dobinson said:
Behind the front shoulder guys, cmon how hard can it be.:rolleyes:
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If you are good enough ( usually that is an opinion of one's self...often a mistaken one ) to 'peg their melon', you are surely good enough for a 'boiler room' shot. IMO, it's wanna-be Nimrods who brag about 500+ yd shots, and pontificate about their abilities.
And this is not directed at you BUM; head shots on elephants seems more realistic and necessary ( they are big as a Van, try to ensure good penetration through that) than on a WT deer.
 
I've only head shot 1 deer. 10 yards on the road facing straight on. Wait for him to look sideways and lights out. I always wait for a broadside lung shot when time and terrain permit.
 
These types of threads are entertaining, hunters willing to throw other hunters under the bus over their opinion of proper shot placement based on their own skill levels not the shooters without batting an eye
 
Brian46 said:
These types of threads are entertaining, hunters willing to throw other hunters under the bus over their opinion of proper shot placement based on their own skill levels not the shooters without batting an eye
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Well, no...eye's were batted.
I suppose some folks thought strongly about the moral implications of head shots, when a shoulder / boiler room is much much surer way to humanely dispatch an animal?
It makes for bad PR for us all when folks champion a slightly...unsure (?) way of hunting. Sorta like the 500+ yd shots or the " I'm going to shoot my deer with a 32-20! "
It can be / and has been done, but no-one remembers ( or admits ) the fails.
Sort of like no-one ever admits going for a head shot and an animal escaping with a Colombian Necktie.
Or owns up to gut shooting one because it was too far.
Perhaps finding out that a 32-20; while legal, is a poor choice when there are so much better weapons.
You are the 50 BMG fella aren't you? If I said I was going out with my 32-20...you'd likely show some alarm, no? Might even speak up against the practice...that's not under the bus. That's speaking up against a practice that would be sketchy...to say the least. " Lost a wounded animal; farting around with an obsolete and unpowered caliber, and now it's got a poor death ahead of it...smooth move Duhfus...".
You'd be correct too...IMO
Sort of like many folks think that head shots are, for the most point...not advisable.
And no-one's been rude that I can see so far.
Do as you will OP, some folks have voiced opinions otherwise...you need to decide in the end.
Good hunting.
 
tokguy said:
You are the 50 BMG fella aren't you?.
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I have been known to take an animal or two with the 50, people have opinions about that too.

I hunt within my own limitations, I tell others to do the same. If a hunter has any morals it should only take one gut shot or Columbian necktie as you put it to make them seriously re think their skill set as a hunter and self correct. I will offer up suggestions, but that is not what I see happening here by the posts, It is pretty much an attack against any hunter who takes a head or neck shot because of a "this one time I saw" scenarios. Because you have seen a wounded or wasting animal does not mean it was a missed shot, more often have I seen people shoot through one animal and hit another behind it because of "buck fever". May also have something to do with everyone thinking they need a "magnum"

I hope that anyone who finds wounded game or ones shot and wasted reported it, that is what I do along with descriptions of all the hunters I have seen in the area.
 
Brian46 said:
I have been known to take an animal or two with the 50, people have opinions about that too.

I hunt within my own limitations, I tell others to do the same. If a hunter has any morals it should only take one gut shot or Columbian necktie as you put it to make them seriously re think their skill set as a hunter and self correct. I will offer up suggestions, but that is not what I see happening here by the posts, It is pretty much an attack against any hunter who takes a head or neck shot because of a "this one time I saw" scenarios. Because you have seen a wounded or wasting animal does not mean it was a missed shot, more often have I seen people shoot through one animal and hit another behind it because of "buck fever". May also have something to do with everyone thinking they need a "magnum"

I hope that anyone who finds wounded game or ones shot and wasted reported it, that is what I do along with descriptions of all the hunters I have seen in the area.
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And that's a problem too. If you don't have a suitable backstop you shouldn't take the shot. But to add to the topic being discussed, I bet the same people doing this crap would be perfectly okay with taking head shots...

Personally, I haven't witnessed either of these. But it would be the last time I hunted with someone if they wanted to take a shot with animals behind the target...
 
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Brian46 said:
I have been known to take an animal or two with the 50, people have opinions about that too.

I hunt within my own limitations, I tell others to do the same. If a hunter has any morals it should only take one gut shot or Columbian necktie as you put it to make them seriously re think their skill set as a hunter and self correct. I will offer up suggestions, but that is not what I see happening here by the posts, It is pretty much an attack against any hunter who takes a head or neck shot because of a "this one time I saw" scenarios. Because you have seen a wounded or wasting animal does not mean it was a missed shot, more often have I seen people shoot through one animal and hit another behind it because of "buck fever". May also have something to do with everyone thinking they need a "magnum"

I hope that anyone who finds wounded game or ones shot and wasted reported it, that is what I do along with descriptions of all the hunters I have seen in the area.
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I recall something...oh yeah!
Remember this too?
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1181281-Euthenising-an-injured-deer-ethics-vs-legality?p=10959867&viewfull=1#post10959867

Quote Originally Posted by Brian46 View Post
"Not worth the risk of breaking the law and facing the consequences for doing the right thing IMO"

"Not attacking you personally, but I'm pretty sure you just explained the definition of what cowardice is." ( Not my reply...but I remembered it, lol. Best burn that I can recall )

I think that your ' Moral compass ' is perhaps missing it's Magnetic declination factor; a bit askew, maybe? Your suggestions are...well...thanks, but no thanks.
 
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