Where is your kill shot placed?

[Tundra Monkey]

Originally Posted by 6.5 shooter

sorry sheep hunter the wife just gave me hell says I got to be more carefull with my emotion thingies....was not ment as a slam or a insult was just trying to get the point across

You should listen to Wifey.......what's up with the "lovey" thingy....what point are you trying to get across?

tm

[Cal]

lol, maby you should just leave the smiley faces alone.

[redranger15]

I like to aim dead centre right behind the shoulder on moose and elk if they are little ways out there.If they are close, it's still right threw the ribs but a little lower.You don't need to hit the heart to killem, the lungs are just as good and bigger.

[Silverado]

I like a low lung shot. The heart quickly pumps all the blood out into the chest cavity. It has been a reliable shot for me.

[outbackpat]

x2 behind the shoulder, it's a stopping shot!

[whitetail Junkie]

Originally Posted by outbackpat

x2 behind the shoulder, it's a stopping shot!

x3,always behind the shoulder

[ww2269]

I used to shoot everything in the front shoulder with the old 06 and they all fell on the spot like a sack of potatoes, but when i started bow hunting i instinctivley did the same thing in the heat of mthe moment and lost the first wt and md i shot because i didnt penitrate the bone. Now i have trained myself under the fever to shoot farther back but mid body for higdth. They dont always go down right away when rifle hunting but i ruin less meat. I always used to laugh how on hunting shows the game would always run out of sight after the shot, especially when use 300 mags on 150lbs dear.

[elkhunter11]

I put the bullet through the lungs,and the animal doesn't go far.I avoid head or neck shots,since I have had to track head and neck shot animals that dropped at the shot but regained their feet and ran away.I avoid the shoulders if at all possible,because it isn't required for a quick kill,it just ruins more meat.

[WkndWarrior]

[QUOTE=sheephunter;411221]

Originally Posted by huntinstuff

ok....where would you put your crosshairs on these????? My crosshairs are kinda shown

I wouldn't shoot any of them...they're all way too small....

Three of the four are dead and in the freezer, unless you are hunting in the Yukon.....

[REGAZ]

They call me the photographer, because all I take is HeadShots

[East Coast Caper]

Originally Posted by REGAZ

They call me the photographer, because all I take is HeadShots

This is interesting to me. My mother-in-law's dad states 90% of the deer he has killed has been with a head shot. He also told me the only one that ever ran more than 10 yards had an eye entry and an eye exit shot. Why are more head shots not taken? I am sure you don't mount every deer...

ECC

[hunt_and_fish]

I'm a lower/middle lung guy myself. Broadside, right behind the shoulder. If the animals is at an angle then I try to pass the bullet right through the centre of the lungs.

[hunt_and_fish]

Originally Posted by East Coast Caper

Why are more head shots not taken?

ECC

For me, the brain is a pretty small target and the chance of shooting off a lower jaw and having the animal starve to death is too much to risk. Not knocking those who do it and have success but I'll leave it to the snipers that can do it consistently.

[elkhunter11]

Why are more head shots not taken? I am sure you don't mount every deer...

Because the brain is a very small target,and a very slightly off shot can knock off a jaw,ears,or take out an eye resulting in a wounded and lost animal.The lung area is a much larger target with much higher odds of a quick clean kill.

Originally Posted by East Coast Caper

Why are more head shots not taken? I am sure you don't mount every deer...

ECC

Amazingly, it's a pretty low percentage shot with lots of opportunity to at best completely miss or at worst, hit and not kill. There's not that much to hit in the head that will actually kill an animal. Lots of bravado with head shots though.

[East Coast Caper]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

Because the brain is a very small target,and a very slightly off shot can knock off a jaw,ears,or take out an eye resulting in a wounded and lost animal.The lung area is a much larger target with much higher odds of a quick clean kill.

I need to expand on my question within this thread ... according to many on this site they can shoot the antennae off a dung beetle at 275 yards. i just figured with all the crack shots here why not take the head shot---sarcasm and the internet don't mix well... i guess it was not clear that my headshot remark was tongue in cheek

Although my father-in-law backs up his wife's father's statement of him always taking a head shot... Now, his aunt's mother's best friend's father once heard of a guy that was told by another fella the same thing as was told to him three years earlier from that guy's brother. so it must be true..

Hmmm Scotch and vacation