Neck Shots??

[marshman]

where on the neck would you aim if you were shooting a 30-06 or a 45/70?

[msudawg2004]

Love the neck shots on does only inside of 100 yards. Drop in their tracks and seems more ethical to me.

[cwink]

[LawDawg]

a neck shot will screw up a cape.

[marshman]

[ronc]

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[peewee]

[SNEAKER]

Why would you ever take a neck shot if you didn't have to? Just asking.

Yes it may drop them in their tracks if you hit the neck bone, but it is a much smaller vital area than the shoulder/behind shoulder area. Do what you want, but its a better chance of a kill shot in the shoulder. I might would do it on a doe if I didnt want her to run, but wouldn't do it on a buck if I could shoot him in the shoulder.

[peewee]

Sneaker yesterday all I could see was her head and neck before she walked away in a thicket. I still need some meat so I took the shot. I usually shoot behind the shoulder but the situation just wasn't there yesterday. With hunting opportunities being thin due to the river I took what I could. And I was tired of sitting in a loc-on in the rain

[SNEAKER]

I wasnt aiming my response at you peewee. Rather at everyone that prefers a neck shot to a shoulder shot. I mentioned they have their place when you can't see their shoulder. I'm just shocked to see so many people that would rather go for a neck shot than a shoulder.

[Dutch Dog]

You shoot em in the neck and they drop, you either kill them or you completely miss them, there really is no in-between ground on neck shots. As I've stated before, I take what shot is presented to me. High shoulder shots put em DRT as well but there is also a risk of injuring a deer or not finding it if you make a bad "body" shot.

[huntin4horns]

My buddy shot one the other day and i went and helped him look. He shot it dead center of the neck with a 7 mag and he ran off like nothing happened. We found a little blood but not anything else. Yesterday afternoon he texted me and said he saw him and could not get a shot. My cousin also had the same thing happen a few years ago. He shot it in the neck and it ran off and we trailed him and trailed him and never found nothing. My other cousin killed him like two weeks later. He had a bullet hole right beetween the neck bone a wind pipe. Nothing but meat and it was with a 30-06. I shot one yesterday morning in the neck cause it was all i had with my 7mm 08 and he collapsed quicker than most i have ever seen. But i usually shoot all deer dead center of the shoulder and it puts em down.

[arduckslayer]

[rawalley]

never done a neck shot but I would if the deer was super close and I had a rest. only on a doe.

[TurkeyHunter27]

I use to shoot deer in the neck all of the time, but I shot a nice 7 point in the neck one time and it melted him. Never even kicked. I watched him thru the scope for a prolly close to a minute and he never moved so I was satisfied that he was dead. I got out of the stand, walked back to get the 4 wheeler and came back to get him..... Gone.

You could see where he stumbled off for 15 or 20 yards and then he got to his feet and we trailed blood for over a quarter. Never found him.

Kinda hesitant about it now.