Originally posted by Tommyh
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With good shot placement, you don't need a blood trail. Rather than shooting behind the shoulder/lungs, teach him to aim at the crease at the front of the shoulder where the neck starts - right in the middle. That spot on a deer is almost as big as the crease behind the shoulder. Plus, it has more leeway side-to-side in case of a bad shot. If the bullet hits further back than the aiming point at the front of the shoulder, then you're still in the shoulder (instead of guts). If the bullet hits farther forward than aimed, you're in the neck. Just about any hit in that general vacinity will drop a deer in its tracks using any rifle from a .223 on up. Lower recoil will usually produce better shot placement. I haven't found any caliber that is a cure for buck fever though.
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