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Re: One shot continued [Re: huntrap247] #6663745
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Originally Posted by huntrap247
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.

Re: One shot continued [Re: jbyrd63] #6663753
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Not always horns vs meat. I am a meat hunter, and in one stand, I can't have the deer cross the fence to the neighbor. He thinks all the deer are his (non-hunter) and won't let anyone on his land for anything.

Given the choice, I'll take a heart/lung shot for the bigger target area.

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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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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.

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Originally Posted by hippie
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.


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The instant drop also makes better television, for those that watch hunting shows.

I'm all for no meat loss.

A good ol' boy from GA told me NOT to shoot squirrels in the head. Gut shoot them with 22HP, he says. He mixed the brains with his eggs for breakfast. I'll take head shots, thank you.

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Originally Posted by hippie
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


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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.........

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Originally Posted by huntrap247
Originally Posted by hippie
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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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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Originally Posted by huntrap247
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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Originally Posted by jbyrd63
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.


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Originally Posted by jbyrd63
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!


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