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shot placement
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09/21/16 09:42 PM
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rjd
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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,
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Re: shot placement
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#6462498
09/21/16 09:48 PM
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stxranchman
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Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: shot placement
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09/21/16 09:52 PM
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txshntr
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Works every time
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Re: shot placement
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#6462505
09/21/16 09:53 PM
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redchevy
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^^^ yep
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Re: shot placement
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09/21/16 10:26 PM
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spot on with the pictures
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Re: shot placement
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09/21/16 11:14 PM
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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.
Thanks, Rich
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09/21/16 11:17 PM
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ChadTRG42
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These pictures would be for rifle shots. For bow hunting, you want the larger area around the heart and lungs for shot placement.
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09/22/16 12:02 AM
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Yup. It'll put em down quick
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09/22/16 12:45 AM
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09/22/16 02:43 AM
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DRT with the high shoulder shot every time.
Let'em grow old
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09/22/16 02:50 AM
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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.
Last edited by tigger; 09/22/16 02:51 AM.
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Re: shot placement
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09/22/16 03:24 AM
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rjd
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Thanks, that looks like a winner!
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09/22/16 10:32 AM
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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.
I Feed Indian Corn. The deer love it and all the colors make them stay at the feeder longer.
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#6463436
09/22/16 03:31 PM
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All in for the high shoulder
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09/22/16 05:04 PM
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Great pics stxranchman. You must have a great camera and/or lens. Your pics are always a pleasure to see
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09/22/16 05:04 PM
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We always called that the point of the shoulder......
"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas".
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Re: shot placement
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#6463742
09/22/16 06:53 PM
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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.
The road goes on forever and the party never ends...
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09/22/16 07:01 PM
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redchevy
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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.
It's hell eatin em live
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09/22/16 07:08 PM
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Probably going to get bashed for this, but what makes this shot so great? really wanting to lear. thanks
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09/22/16 07:13 PM
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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!
Last edited by redchevy; 09/22/16 07:14 PM.
It's hell eatin em live
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#6463781
09/22/16 07:16 PM
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these pics are useless there is no quartering away example j/k
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Re: shot placement
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#6463784
09/22/16 07:17 PM
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I usually put the bullet just a bit further back - in the lungs.
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09/22/16 07:47 PM
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makes a lot of sense. thanks!
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09/22/16 07:56 PM
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I usually put the bullet just a bit further back - in the lungs. 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.
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#6463883
09/22/16 08:31 PM
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I guess all the neck shooters quit arguing their tactics?
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