Neck shot pricket

[docholiday]

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

 

Edited October 11, 2013 by docholiday

[Beretta28g]

TBH i dont see the problem with neck/Head shooting as long as the shooter is competent/confident.

 

 

I regularly Head/Neck shoot reds.

 

You took the best shot for the situation that you felt comfy with. Good shot, well done

Edited October 11, 2013 by Beretta28g

[Archie-fox]

Well shot doc...I still chest shoot as I'm only quite new to stalking but gaining more each time out..

[bull dog]

Excellent shooting

[fruity]

Nice write up and lovely shooting

[nige123]

Well done mate , either way it's in the larder now , top job.

[Davy Holt]

Nice shot, animal was dead before it hit the ground and no meat damage... cant ask for better.

[steve_b_wales]

Good shooting.

[PAULT]

I nearly always neck shoot .

[JDog]

There is no need to explain yourself but I understand why you have done so. A competent shot in the right conditions and at the right distance can take neck shots without too much trouble.

[FOXHUNTER1]

Correct shot to match your circumstances......well done

[worthy130]

if you can take a chest shot no reason why you shouldn't take a neck shot.

[Blunderbust]

Well done, nothing wrong with neck shooting. You took the shot that matched the situation.

[Frenchieboy]

I personally see no problem with neck shooting as long as it is within your comfort zone (range wise) and you are a competent and confident shot.

The circumstances you described dectated that the neck shot was the perfect and only logical shot to take and judging by the photo you executed the shot perfectly.

Well done!

[al4x]

Nice shot, animal was dead before it hit the ground and no meat damage... cant ask for better.

Don't bet on it you can paralyse them and you still have a deer looking at you.

Having said that it's still the perfect shot in some situations.

[docholiday]

Alex I have yet to take a high neck shot and not have an instant kill, the shock waves will terminate life immediately . low neck shots may do what you suggest

[sako751sg]

Top job fella and nothing wrong with necking at all.

[GREENGRASS]

It appears to have been a well executed shot.

[maxtich]

That looks a perfect shot well done.

[demonwolf444]

Well done good shooting! Been reading Graham Downings woodland deer stalking recently, and its something i would be really interested to get into, but don't have any suitable permissions.

[Traztaz]

I just fail to see what the argument about meat loss is, I fail to see what I can do with rib, where as I make great stew from neck. Answers please

[docholiday]

I guess you have never seen the damage to the shoulder meat that can occur when deer are chest shot, I have had to discard most of the meat on occasion

[mereside]

you also have to find your meat first witha chest shot, my permission on west coast scotland the cover is thick and only small thin rides or pockets of clearing inside thick sitka a neck shot ensures a drop on the spot. last week i shot a roebuck less than 15yrds a neckshot was out as it was in thick cover and could not get a clean shot so ended up doing the textbook chest shot.

it was a great entry but exit hit the rib on the otherside sending the bullet straight downwards taking out the whole breastplate the bone fragments split the skin and performed a standing gralloch.

the whole chest v neck argument comes up all the time and everyshot determines which shot you should use bullets do strange things and anything can happen you just have to be prepared to deal with them.

good shooting Doc i am not used to you posting shots without the camera as such, atb wayne

[camokid]

i took a neck shot on a roe this year from around 70 yards the only thing holding it in one piece was a bit of skin the bullet had done a wicked job and took a fist size chunk out its neck ..it dropped where it was ..

it was clean to gut no meat loss no damage it made me consider neck shooting more often..

 

well done on the pricket fine animal to take..

[Traztaz]

I shoot around 40 deer and 40 pig each year, never have I lost front shoulder meat, or smashed the intestine. Maybe its because I shoot a 308, and try to keep the distance between 80 and 200m? I have had experience of 243, and 260...........both seem to blow deer to pieces, and they don't always drop to shot. Anyone got any views? Of course bullet type makes a difference, once and once only I shot a deer with a ballistic tip.