deer shot

[fabsroman]

Yep, I am not a big fan of the neck or head shot either. Not enough room for error. If the deer moves slightly, you are in trouble. Also, as I posted above, the wounded deer I shot in the neck wasn't dead after the shot. She kept looking up at me while laying on the ground, smoke was coming out of her neck, and she was gasping for breath. I never should have listened to my hunting buddy on that shot or not shooting her again.

The best performance I have had out of the Barnes X bullet in my shotgun was on a doe. It entered from the left rear hindquarters and we found it lodged in the right front shoulder. She dropped in her tracks. The sabot/bullet had all its petals completely opened and it completely destroyed the deer.

With a good shot in the heart and lungs, the deer is only running on pure adrenaline and is completely in shock.

However, if I was told I was going to die by a gun shot and I were given the choice of being shot in the brain and being shot in the chest, I would prefer to be shot in the brain. Problem is that most of the hunters out there cannot make a brain or spinal column shot consistantly, me included.