Best deer point of aim. Where do you aim?

[unreal45]

Visualize the vital area within the deer when taking aim. How many times have you seen someone shoot " just behind the shoulder" and only take out one lung (if any vitals at all) because the deer was quartering towards them. Aiming for the offside shoulder is a good bet. I do shoot behind the shoulder when the deer is broadside or quartering away (aiming at the offside shoulder).

 

[LeonCarr]

The same place where NASCAR_MAN shoots, straight up the leg, middle of body. The farthest I have ever had one go using that shot is about 3 feet...straight down. The buck I shot this year was shot in the neck, 50 yards, .308 with a 150 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip, DRT. He only showed me his head and neck, the rest of him was hiding behind a cedar tree .

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[SR_]

It depends,

If it's late and I'm tired or it's raining I tend to try a head or neck shot. It's always been dead in tracks or a clean miss.

I really haven't seen many bucks. Don't know what I'd do if I saw a really big buck - probably go through the shoulder into the lungs. I've heard that breaking the shoulder makes them easier to find....

Mostly I take does for meat (well duh - since I don't see many bucks and let the little ones walk) and generally use a double lung shot (avoiding the shoulder) when they are fully broadside. Sometimes it takes me a while to find them. I even had one that basically did not bleed - which was really hard to find.

 

[QuakKillz]

I used to aim for body shots(heart/lungs), but then I realized..."aim for the neck, you'll either hit or miss, and there is no second guessing....) but that's just me....

 

[Guns_and_Labs]

Brain shot or top of the heart.

 

[wfrr]

bread basket

I aim just behind the shoulder that way if for any reason I am off a little in any direction I still hit vitals. Its a big target. My preferred shot is a neck shot. It can be deadly, but I only aim there when I have no better choice.

The reason is simple, like my best friend found out this year, he took a neck shot on a nice 8 pointer at 110 yards, there was some sudden head movement and so he wounded a deer. If he would have shot for the vitals he would have dropped him. Every bread basket shot Ive commited to produced the desired result..

 

[justice4all]

I aim for the middle of the front of the chest if it's broadside. That should hit the lungs. The problem with aiming for the heart from a treestand is you could nick the heart as the bullet is travelling downward.

 

[Eric F]

I do not hunt bucks too many folks trophy hunt in my area so for them a spike horn is great. only because bucks are so over hunted they cant grow anything else. So senseless to me any way.

I doe hunt only and go for the head shot. If they go down I got them if they run off I got missed. Dont worry if I blow their nose off I will hit them where ever I can to put them down. But that has never happened yet. I also dont shoot much past 150 yards.

 

[pernicus]

head. unless it has more than 6 points or it's more than 150 yds away then i go for the lungs unless it's a trophy then i go after the blades to make sure he drops where shot