Re: One shot continued
[Re: huntrap247]
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11/12/19 02:23 PM
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I guess I'm mostly curious as to why to drop them were they stand?
Is it terrain, property lines...?
I've always had the best luck aiming behind the shoulder for a solid lung hit, then just a little tracking is required.
That's the difference between horn hunters and meat hunters.
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Re: One shot continued
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11/12/19 03:00 PM
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Yea, I've needed to drop them like that before and spined them, but it's not a shot I'd hold up as the shot to take.
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Re: One shot continued
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11/12/19 03:07 PM
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But that's just me. We were taught to shoot for the least meat loss....squirrels in the head ect.
Any dead deer is good in my book. I hear you for sure. We process all our own deer, and when one is shot in a poor location it gets messy. Through the ribs is by far the best.
Some people refuse to see the truth when you bludgeon them over the head with it.
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Re: One shot continued
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11/12/19 03:17 PM
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But that's just me. We were taught to shoot for the least meat loss....squirrels in the head ect.
Any dead deer is good in my book. some times a few pounds of meat loss is shooting for the least if it makes it 40 yards over the fence and your neighbor gets a round in it it if you ruined 0% of the meat you lost 100% of it
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: One shot continued
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11/12/19 03:59 PM
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But that's just me. We were taught to shoot for the least meat loss....squirrels in the head ect.
Any dead deer is good in my book. I hear you for sure. We process all our own deer, and when one is shot in a poor location it gets messy. Through the ribs is by far the best. LOL it all depends on what you call messy. A 6mm 87 grain spritzer through the ribs on a white tail IS MESSY!!! Blood is almost all inside as it doesn't exit. Neck shot to me is less messy when field dressing. The high shoulder is next as far as less mess. Head shot is pretty nasty sometimes if you go by appearance lol
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Re: One shot continued
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11/12/19 04:03 PM
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took the top of the heart off one the other day.only thing i ruined was the heart,could even eat the lips if ya wanted.
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Re: One shot continued
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11/12/19 04:03 PM
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I guess I'm mostly curious as to why to drop them were they stand?
Is it terrain, property lines...?
I've always had the best luck aiming behind the shoulder for a solid lung hit, then just a little tracking is required.
Takes the guess out of whether you hit them or not LOL
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Re: One shot continued
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11/12/19 04:09 PM
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it all depends on what you call messy. A 6mm 87 grain spritzer through the ribs on a white tail IS MESSY!!! Blood is almost all inside as it doesn't exit. Neck shot to me is less messy when field dressing. The high shoulder is next as far as less mess. Head shot is pretty nasty sometimes if you go by appearance lol Field dressing is always messy, especially with a heart/lung shot. I'm referring to cutting up the meat . When a deer is shot through both shoulders(which I have done many times), trying to save meat from them gets messy. It only gets worse with other bad shots. I'm not against head, neck or spine shots, but I don't prefer them due to margin of error involved.
Some people refuse to see the truth when you bludgeon them over the head with it.
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Re: One shot continued
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11/12/19 04:14 PM
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On the family (in-laws, lost it due to greedy heirs) it was so grown up with briars and honey suckle that I started neck shooting them because sometimes finding them was a task. We even lost a few only to find them 2-3 days later . After a couple of those it was neck, head (doe) or high shoulder. NTR no tracking required......... Being I hunt mostly open farm county with small woodlots, I definitely understand your point!
Some people refuse to see the truth when you bludgeon them over the head with it.
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