Shot My 3rd and Last Deer for the Year on the Weekend

GSXRMyers said:
I sure do hope those are big rocks she is laying on or that is a VERY small deer.
I would not shoot anything that small myself. No wonder you have to get three to fill your freezer...
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based on the stories he's told already, this is his 4th (i'm betting on more) deer in his freezer this season, i'm not sure why he's complaining about a little spoiled meat when he's got atleast 4 deer worth of meat...

this was posted on 10-06-2012

Bitumen said:
Today I shot my 3rd and final deer for the season. All 3 of my deer where shot in the boiler room using .270 Winchester and my own hand loaded ammo. I used 56.0 gr of H-4350 with 130 gr Nosler Ballistic Tips. My gun is Remington 700 SPS DM using a Redfield 3-9x50 scope.

Nosler states on the box that this is a hunting bullet that is good for deer & elk. The bullet killed all 3 deer very quickly as the lungs were usually hit. They usually went 20-30 yards before going down. The shots were in the range of 75 -100 yards for all 3 deer.

In the past, I always went for head or neck shots. This year I decided to do the proper heart-lung vital shots. Honestly, I found that these shots ruin too much meat. The bullets went in and came out the other side doing lots of damage to both front quarters. Should I use a different bullet? Were my shots too close for this bullet? What gives? I can understand doing some damage to one of the quarters, but both? Maybe I should go back to head and neck shots next year?
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So I am getting ready to go deer hunting tommorrow and I thought "Gee, I haven't been on the CGN hunting forum in ages. I should check out it out and see if there are any posts to get me excited about the morning."

Same old BS. So many losers and liars on here.

....honestly Bitumen, why the lies?
 
I believe the neck shot is good if the deer is standing straight on to you. It it goes high, the deer gets it in the head. If it goes low, the briscut. Goes left or right, a clean miss.
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Nice theory but not always true. I have tracked a few head/neck shot deer over the years, to disprove this theory. You can damage the jaw or throat, without making a clean kill. You can damage an eye, and not make a clean kill. You can hit close to the spine or graze the skull and drop the deer, only to have it get up and run off.

As far as wasting meat is concerned, the OP admits to not even bothering with the ribs. According to our Alberta regulations, this would be allowing edible meat to go to waste.

Actually, I usually don't bother with the ribs and leave them for the coyotes.
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