njc110381 Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Right, this is bugging me so I'm going to ask the question even though it may leave me open to daft comments! What sort of meat damage can you expect with varying angles of shot on a Deer? What I mean by that is that I've only ever shot/seen shot Deer that have been in the perfect position, ie in line for a shot just behind the shoulder straight through and just missing the legs. What if it's facing you? If you drop a bullet in line with the heart (about at the tuft of fur beween the legs?). Do you ruin both front legs? What about the fillets and internal meat? If the bullet is big enough and it's a small Deer I assume it will pass right through and ruin the back legs with fragments most of the time? I led watching some Roe earlier and although I had the shotty I waited to see if they'd present a perfect (rifle) shot. They didn't! Loss of ribs has never bothered me, but clipping a leg is a bit of a sad moment for me. How much damage would a front on shot do on a Roe? Cheers in advance for any comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeh Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) A front shot? as in shooting him directly infront? bloody hell. Don't even think about it. This shot should be avoided, the heart is alot more narrow than you'd guess, where as damage to the gut is unavoidable. Edited March 25, 2009 by Bleeh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 I figured that may be the case. The way my 6.5 goes through wood I should think it would exit the *** of all but the biggest of Deer! So side on it is then? Oh well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 http://home.comcast.net/~gefferts/shotpl.htm are you sure you can eat a full one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traztaz Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 There is a thing called a deer clock , which you can find on the BASC site, it gives all the info you are after. In my experience however it is worth waiting for the 90 deg shot EVERY time, it is without doubt the most humane and clean shot to take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeh Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 This should answer all your questions. http://www.bestpracticeguides.org.uk/culli...hotplace02.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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