Old dog here, trying to learn new tricks. I have read several guys in the past talking about the "high shoulder shot" and it's effectiveness. Can somebody show a picture or diagram of where exactly this shot needs to go? What about angled to or away? I have always gone behind the shoulder, but as I get older I would rather not have to track a deer 50-100 yards even with good blood trail.

Thanks,

Works every time

^^^ yep

Take out the wheels and they don't go anywhere.

spot on with the pictures

those pictures are what I showed my kids when they were first learning to hunt. Saying shoot him in the shoulder or shoot him just behind the shoulder didn't mean anything to them. However, once I showed them the picture they were able to see exactly where the shoulder was on the deer. I even had them put the picture on their iPad's so we could look at it while they were in the blind.

These pictures would be for rifle shots. For bow hunting, you want the larger area around the heart and lungs for shot placement.

Yup. It'll put em down quick

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DRT with the high shoulder shot every time.

first in the pounch, then in the hams, and then a final show in the backstraps. that way i do not have anything to clean.

great placement in the earlier post.

Thanks, that looks like a winner!

I shoot every deer in the neck. I've never wounded a deer, either it is dead or I missed. But all the sausage is in good shape. No tracking, no mess. But the photos are a great way to show folks where to shoot. But since I'm retired I have all day and season to wait for my shot.
Excellent photos.

All in for the high shoulder

Great pics stxranchman. You must have a great camera and/or lens. Your pics are always a pleasure to see

We always called that the point of the shoulder......

When I was getting ready for my first season behind the trigger dad got a stack of old cabelas magazines with deer on the cover and said where would you shoot this one and I would point.

Probably going to get bashed for this, but what makes this shot so great? really wanting to lear. thanks

If don't right the deer will fall at the shot and likely not move. It hits front legs and central nervous system and its a huge high percentage area of the animal to shoot at. If you a little off forward you have a neck shot dead deer. If your a little back you have a clean behind the shoulders shot, you would have to miss pretty far low to hit too low and a little hi is a spine shot. Its a high percentage put them down in their tracks every time shot.

It does kinda mess up the front end of the animal though. But id rather be trimming shot up shoulders than looking for a lost deer!

these pics are useless there is no quartering away example j/k

I usually put the bullet just a bit further back - in the lungs.

makes a lot of sense. thanks!

I think the shot depends on terrain. In the south Texas brush where it can be very hard to track I think the high shoulder shot is almost necessary in more open country or woods where tracking can be somewhat easier as long as under growth isn't to thick it's not as important to drop them in place. I've shot deer in the lungs, high shoulder, and neck and they all died but the lung shots and heart shots tend to run a little ways.

I guess all the neck shooters quit arguing their tactics?