Neck shots

[tn droptine]

What do you guys prefer for shot placement during rifle season?

I've heard that a neck shot will take a deer down where it stands so no need for a tracking job (may try this on some property that I have permission to hunt that is only about 10 acres to prevent a wounded deer from travelling onto adjoining properties.

Normally I just shoot for the vitals, but have noticed that sometimes you may need to track for a while.

 

[30-06 type of guy]

If you know ur sights are good id go for the neck shot ive shot one in the head an after 5 or 10 mins got back up an ran again

 

[waynesworld]

Head and neck all that I have seen have droped in the tracks or rolled them if they were running

 

[cecil30-30]

I like neck shots.if I have a steady rest,i'll take one everytime.

 

[TRIGGER]

What is it about the neck shot that drops them? Spine and nerve damage? Do they die instantly with the so called dropped in there tracks neck shot? Or does it just render them unable to move and they suffer for a while until they bleed out?

 

[cecil30-30]

All of the neck shots i've taken has been DOA..No kicking,fighting,or follow up shot needed.

 

[deerhunter10]

I aim for the vitals always and have dropped all my deer in there tracks. But a neck shot is all my paw paw takes and they all drop to. So i think either way your good.

 

[encore06]

I killed a doe Thursday with a neck shot at 40 yards. DOA

 

[muddyboots]

High shoulder for me.

 

[JA1234]

I shoot all does I shoot with me rifle through the neck... I shot one in the head one time.... I will not be doing that again on purpose.

 

[Treestand Troubadour]

I aim for the vitals always and have dropped all my deer in there tracks. But a neck shot is all my paw paw takes and they all drop to. So i think either way your good.

congrats, ive shot them straight through the heart and had em run outta sight

 

[TRIGGER]

What is it about the neck shot that drops them? Spine and nerve damage? Do they die instantly with the so called dropped in there tracks neck shot? Or does it just render them unable to move and they suffer for a while until they bleed out?

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[BlackBelt]

Last year i concentrated on neck shots only. Huge mistake that i wont be repeating. A neck shot is not always a guaranteed DOA.
From now on its "vitals only" shots for me.

 

[SES]

There's a lot of good meat in them necks. Right behind the shoulder for me if possible.

 

[waynesworld]

From what I know it is the ability to absorb the shock and getting the spinal cord. But if you drop them you want to go finish them off right away.

 

[travle]

I've shot 2 in the neck by mistake. first one dropped where it stood. i figured it would bleed out by the time i got back with my truck. when i got back blood was every where and the deer got up and ran off and never found. second one it didn't drop but did lay down but got up and walked off. 30 mins plus i found it stuck in a brier thicket stuff and still very much alive.

 

[tn droptine]

I aim for the vitals always and have dropped all my deer in there tracks. But a neck shot is all my paw paw takes and they all drop to. So i think either way your good.

congrats, ive shot them straight through the heart and had em run outta sight

x2 - only one I've had drop where it stood was thru the front of the neck. Every vital shot I've made they have ran at least twenty yards or so

 

[mntbuck]

I prefer shoulder. I only take neck shot if have to. I like the bigger target.

 

[Rufus]

I have shot several in the neck..they drop! No kicking..no tracking.

 

[Gravey]

I prefer right behind the shoulder where you have more margin of error.

 

[deerhunter10]

It also depends on the gun distance and the confidence in yourself and gun. But it is an ethical shot to take.

 

[JGreg]

I prefer the much larger shoulder area. Blow there shoulder apart, and usually no tracking required. Not to mention if you miss back it hits vitals, miss forward and its usually just a miss. JMO

 

[catman529]

Haven't taken a neck shot myself and won't unless I really want the deer and its neck is all I can shoot. I like tracking deer too, assuming I find them. More rewarding to track one and then stumble on it, thats part of the hunt to me. Haven't had one drop in its tracks yet. That would be convenient but I do like following a blood trail.

 

[Robtattoo]

Took one of each tonight. Shot a doe in the mid-lungs, a second in the neck. The lung-shot deer dropped on the spot & didn't even twitch. The neck shot also dropped on the spot, but flopped around for 30 seconds. Probably not really normal... If I can I much prefer the bigger, more certain shot into the chest cavity.

 

[Josiah]

I shot one in the neck on accident. It was a frontal shot and he was close so it shot a little high. Deer dropped on the spot, flopped for a few seconds.

 

[TRIGGER]

Can someone please explain WHY a neck shot will drop a deer. I am interested because if I ever get into a situation where the neck is the only thing I can see and don't think I will get a better shot I want to know where to aim on the neck. Understanding why it kills the deer will help with shot placement or deciding rather or not the shot is ethical.

 

[rukiddin]

Aim center of neck. The SPINAL CORD is severed, deer will NOT run off. Plus with nerves and "jugular" vein, you break that neck plus get the artery, deer will die very fast.
I shot one in neck friday. Deer was dead before it hit the ground.

 

[WestTn Huntin man]

I prefer a neck shot on my meat deer. A Good Buck gets the heart/lung shot. IMO it is important to be able to make a neck shot. You have a lot less margin for error. Sometimes it is the only shot you have when hunting the thick stuff.It is a shot that should only be made by a experenced hunter and excellent shot.Low on the neck gets a artery,mid neck spinal cord,high neck not much there but meat.If you are using a hollow point that fragments easily a neck shot is less risky. If you like a Bonded bullet that has good pass thru abilites it is a much riskier shot.
http://www.tndeer.com/shot-placement.html

http://www.newarchery.com/publisher/gen ... ent-guide/

 

[waynesworld]

Can someone please explain WHY a neck shot will drop a deer. I am interested because if I ever get into a situation where the neck is the only thing I can see and don't think I will get a better shot I want to know where to aim on the neck. Understanding why it kills the deer will help with shot placement or deciding rather or not the shot is ethical.

Think about as if u were shooting a person if you hit the neck you have a good chance of either cutting blood to brain cutting air or taking out the compleate nerv ststem. Now i relate a lot of things to military a sniper is trained that if they are killing mas people u shoot th first in the stumic the will live longer and takes others to take care of them. Meens more targets. Now deer if u aim for the neck u will miss more but like stated befor high sholder gives better sucess. I have shoot some in the neck and one in the head. All droped. But i do not aim neck i suck at aim the ones i shot wete on run and i lead too far.

 

[tn droptine]

Can someone please explain WHY a neck shot will drop a deer. I am interested because if I ever get into a situation where the neck is the only thing I can see and don't think I will get a better shot I want to know where to aim on the neck. Understanding why it kills the deer will help with shot placement or deciding rather or not the shot is ethical.

Think about as if u were shooting a person if you hit the neck you have a good chance of either cutting blood to brain cutting air or taking out the compleate nerv ststem. Now i relate a lot of things to military a sniper is trained that if they are killing mas people u shoot th first in the stumic the will live longer and takes others to take care of them. Meens more targets. Now deer if u aim for the neck u will miss more but like stated befor high sholder gives better sucess. I have shoot some in the neck and one in the head. All droped. But i do not aim neck i suck at aim the ones i shot wete on run and i lead too far.

Never heard that they started training the military snipers to do stomach shots, must be something new