View Poll Results: How ethical are neck shots

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Thread: Are neck shots ethical for the average hunter

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rubberhead* View Post
    Every shot at a deer comes with the risk of losing it. In the thick brush of most South Carolina clubs, a neck shoot is way, way less likely to be lost than a heart shot. In my opinion.
    i think this is another interesting debate. I think the margin of error is actually smaller.

    and by "plenty", I mean way more than ZERO which is the number they would've found.

    and I think "way, way less likely" is "way, way too strong", to quote you....

    I tried really hard to make sure I worded my response as carefully as I could. I guess I failed. Again.
    Last edited by 2thDoc; 12-03-2019 at 10:43 AM.
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    The answer is to use the high shoulder aim point. IMHO only of course.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nitro5x6's View Post
    The answer is to use the high shoulder aim point. IMHO only of course.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nitro5x6's View Post
    The answer is to use the high shoulder aim point. IMHO only of course.
    Of course. Aim shoot pick up deer. Little meat lost.


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    I was taught and grew up shooting the shoulder because of dog hunting. Until I was 19, I dog hunted basically every weekend of the season. Week days were for still hunting.

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    but someone said that's way, way more likely to be lost than a neck shot.

    my point is for anyone reading this to make their own judgement.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2thDoc View Post
    I guess I failed. Again.
    Haha - now go fix someone's tooth...
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2thDoc View Post
    i know your hero and I trust him....

    HOWEVER, I've found plenty of dead deer for those "neck shooters" who didnt even go and look bc the deer didnt drop dead.

    I think its important for those that have less experience at deer hunting to understand that shooting at the neck does not always mean a deer that drops dead. There is a lot of neck and only a percentage of it is a quick kill.

    I strongly suggest taking a different shot.
    2th is correct and the rest are suffering from post decision anxiety..

    Many years ago I shot for the neck on a big buck that smelled a rat and wouldn't turn sideways. I never saw him after the recoil and never found a drop of blood. He was in a narrow firebreak. One week later a guest killed him chasing a doe. He had a softball size hole in the side of his neck. I had pulled the shot about 4 inches at 100 yds. It was nasty. 190 lb 10 pt.

    Never again.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Catdaddy View Post
    2th is correct and the rest are suffering from post decision anxiety..

    Many years ago I shot for the neck on a big buck that smelled a rat and wouldn't turn sideways. I never saw him after the recoil and never found a drop of blood. He was in a narrow firebreak. One week later a guest killed him chasing a doe. He had a softball size hole in the side of his neck. I had pulled the shot about 4 inches at 100 yds. It was nasty. 190 lb 10 pt.

    Never again.



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    Last deer I lost was a 200+ # 6 point. As I stated above, I shoot bucks in the shoulder. Perfect broadside, vertical cross hair even with the front leg, horizontal just under center of the body. Squeezed it off from a solid rest 110 yds away. He flopped, cut a circle and then he was gone. Found a small amount of blood for about 80 yds. I am not as good trailing in the daytime as I am with a light but I looked for several hours. Then, road through the Slough looking and smelling for a couple days. Never recovered him. Killed one that same evening following the same procedure. Nothing is ever 100% garenteed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JJ1965 View Post
    And this is the difference between you and the people I am talking about. I am talking about people who intentionally gut shout a hog so it will run off and die later somewhere else, and then brag about it.

    And I will add that I am fully aware that just because I have an opinion, that doesn’t make me right. It’s just how I feel. I gut shot my first deer when I was a kid. He suffered greatly and it took hours to find him and finish him off. Made me sick then and makes me sick 45 years later. It’s just a pet peeve of mine. I’m not perfect and don’t claim to be.
    My first was the same way. It hasn’t happened since and I do everything I can to make sure it doesn’t.

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    Situations sometimes dictate the shot placement as Catdaddy pointed out. We sit several cotton fields and if they get off the edge or stand up in the field, you have a tough neck/head shot. Given the chance I'm always boiler room. But if I feel confident and am sure of the rifle, I'll pinch neck/head. Eyes aren't what they used to be and not being sure has saved 2 studs their life this year.

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    you guys so lucky that you get to shoot under 150....the closest i got was around 194.... usually between 300-500 yards...or if go further north up in the mountains, 400-700 yards....its not that I'm a marksman its because we don't have an option, cant sneak up
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    Coming back to the question.... The first time i went to Africa, i got a 5000$ package for 5 days/ 5 animals.....i lost 2 animals, once fired and hit, it counts 1 animal whether its dead or lost.....what a waste that was.......on another occasion, i shot a gazelle at 240 and got em on the thigh, tracked it for hours but couldn't find out. later few days, i went again and found a gazelle half eaten by coyotes, i felt bad because it was missing a leg....

    There onward, i practiced and practiced to know what round/load/scope/rifle will do at different range.....i personally believe that i'm not ruthless killer and will not take the shot until i'm sure.....In my part of the world, we don't kill doe... never the Head or Neck as it ruins the trophy, if its young male, let it go.

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    All our kills are in the neck with a 22/mag. They never move more than 3 steps and are DRT. Course the longest shot is about 20yds + or -
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    Quote Originally Posted by DRDUCK View Post
    All our kills are in the neck with a 22/mag. They never move more than 3 steps and are DRT. Course the longest shot is about 20yds + or -
    Cool ,what about a deer over hundred yards and its a grown buck ,you just let it walk im assuming

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    Quote Originally Posted by FREAK View Post
    Cool ,what about a deer over hundred yards and its a grown buck ,you just let it walk im assuming
    He's meat hunting in his back yard... maybe side yard. Hence the 22/mag.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rubberhead* View Post
    In the thick brush of most South Carolina clubs, a neck shoot is way, way less likely to be lost than a heart shot. In my opinion.
    I completely respect your opinion and I'm not trying to start a pissing match but I believe this is completely false, and like yours, this is only my opinion. If you pull of a successful "heart shot" then that deer is dead and you should not have to track it far at all.. My dad is a neck shooter. He has lost one deer that i know of when I was very young. The deer dropped and while he was climbing down the tree it stood up and ran off bleeding like a stuck pig for a while, but to never be found. I've never lost a deer that was hit in the heart and I don't think its possible to lose one if you look for it correctly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SCswampCAT View Post
    I completely respect your opinion and I'm not trying to start a pissing match but I believe this is completely false, and like yours, this is only my opinion. If you pull of a successful "heart shot" then that deer is dead and you should not have to track it far at all.. My dad is a neck shooter. He has lost one deer that i know of when I was very young. The deer dropped and while he was climbing down the tree it stood up and ran off bleeding like a stuck pig for a while, but to never be found. I've never lost a deer that was hit in the heart and I don't think its possible to lose one if you look for it correctly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SCswampCAT View Post
    I completely respect your opinion and I'm not trying to start a pissing match but I believe this is completely false, and like yours, this is only my opinion. If you pull of a successful "heart shot" then that deer is dead and you should not have to track it far at all.. My dad is a neck shooter. He has lost one deer that i know of when I was very young. The deer dropped and while he was climbing down the tree it stood up and ran off bleeding like a stuck pig for a while, but to never be found. I've never lost a deer that was hit in the heart and I don't think its possible to lose one if you look for it correctly.
    Not being a smart ass , serious question. How many have you attempted a heart shot on, ended up gut shot and never found?

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    Neck shots with VLDs are not ethical at all. This Ol girl ran exactly zero steps post shot and both shoulders/straps were fully intact for processing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Luvin' Labs View Post
    He's meat hunting in his back yard... maybe side yard. Hence the 22/mag.
    Yep.
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