Rifle Aim Point for Dropping a Deer

[Biggs]

Outside of the head and neck, isn’t there a shoulder shot with a good percentage of crumpling them in their tracks?

[Southern Horns]

High shoulder

[Southernhunters]

High shoulder

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[Voodoo]

Why mess up a shoulder ?

[Dale Moser]

Why mess up a shoulder ?

He didn’t ask that.

Mid/high shoulder is a show stopper. That’s what I use for kids, has the best margin for error. If I was shooting at a monster at any range, that’s what I do.

Shootin does, I tuck it in right behind.


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[JakeM]

Ive only personally seen one deer drop that was shot right behind the shoulder where the white meets the tan hair. Ive never experimented and have always shot deer in the neck.

[JLivi1224]

Yep. That mid to high shoulder. Especially on evening hunts. Ha

[M16]

2/3s up the body in line with the front leg.

[txhunt7]

High shoulder is true but I don't like it unless you're a tac driver. There's a void with not much anything if you go to far one direction.
Saw a guy hit an axis doe with a 7mag, she dropped from the shock, got up and made off in a dazed fashion about a 40 seconds later. But yes it was a bad shot.
I like the quarter shot, hit top of heart and lungs, hopefully nab the backside shoulder on the way out.

[Bdub25]

High shoulder. Been working for me for 40 years


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[trophy8]

2/3s up the body in line with the front leg.

Bingo. Straight up the leg. 2/3rds up. Lights out

[trophy8]

High shoulder is true but I don't like it unless you're a tac driver. There's a void with not much anything if you go to far one direction.
Saw a guy hit an axis doe with a 7mag, she dropped from the shock, got up and made off in a dazed fashion about a 40 seconds later. But yes it was a bad shot.
I like the quarter shot, hit top of heart and lungs, hopefully nab the backside shoulder on the way out.

Axis being the exception lol. I’ve lost a big buck and my dad lost a management buck this way. I know I pulled my shot a couple inches back. Shoulda still killed him but they are crazy tough. Dads I’m still not sure what happened. He folded. Kicked. Watched the life drain out of him. Got over there and no deer. Looked for hours.

[texasdeerhunter]

If your are a good enough shot, hit them in the front of the shoulder at the base of the neck. Hits the brachial plexus. I am not an expert marksman in most instances, so I chose to shoot a bigger gun than needed, I shoulder shoot them and haven’t had a problem. Most of the bucks I shoot, I want to shoulder mount, so I shoot them behind the shoulder

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[Walker]

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There you go and there is enough room for error.