Thought I would just bring up the old neck shooting again, shot this one last night, about 80 yds
Took the neck shot because
a, I have shot a lot of deer
b. It was the perfect shot, I had watched the deer for about 15 mins and it was feeding head down and as predictable as they can be
c. I shot it in a small clearing that was in dense woodlands, at the moment the woodland floor is covered in thick fern about 5 foot high, so I knew I wouldn't have any problems finding him. ie if chest shot and he had disappeared two
hundred yds, I would have been looking at going back to get a dog and then been out in pitch blackness trying to retrieve the deer
d. at less than 100yds I am pretty confident neck shooting, over a hundred I will usually chest shoot
e. no meet damage
as you can see shot placement was pretty spot on and deer fell on the spot. indeed it made taking the head of very easy !!! there was nothing left of the neck vertebrae