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From: rigg@osnome.che.wisc.edu (Tim Rigg)
Newsgroups: rec.hunting
Subject: aiming while deer hunting
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Date: 2 Apr 91 12:50:51 GMT
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I have read several conflicting articles about where to aim while deer
hunting and would like some rec.hunting opinions...

All bowhunting sources I have seen recommend a behind the shoulder
shot.  The optimal shot punctures both lungs and maybe even the heart
leading to a very short tracking job.

The gun hunting material recommends the same rib shot or the neck.
The neck seems to be preferred since very little meat is damaged.  For
the neck shot, where exactly do you aim? in the center hoping to sever
the windpipe?  towards the top hoping to sever the spine? anywhere
since there is enough vital stuff in the neck to insure a quick kill?

I am curious, where do you aim and why???

thanks
tim