Originally posted by Tx_Wader
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This is a timely thread for me. I’m taking my 7 year old grandson Saturday morning to hunt a doe or hog (MLD).
He’s got a new .243. Shots will be ~100 yds. I’ve never liked small calibers for shoulder shots, so have zero experience with them myself. If I have him shoot in rib cage (low behind shoulder) am I asking for a 200 yd blood trailing job? Or have him go for broke with a neck shot?Last edited by Pineywoods Paul; 10-09-2018, 07:21 PM.
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Originally posted by Pineywoods Paul View PostThis is a timely thread for me. I’m taking my 7 year old grandson Saturday morning to hunt a doe or hog (MLD).
He’s got a new .243. Shots will be ~100 yds. I’ve never liked small calibers for shoulder shots, so have zero experience with them myself. If I have him shoot in rib cage (low behind shoulder) am I asking for a 200 yd blood trailing job? Or have him go for broke with a neck shot?
If he isnt, have him aim DEAD center middle of the shoulder. Break the shoulder and typically dead right there
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Originally posted by Pineywoods Paul View PostThis is a timely thread for me. I’m taking my 7 year old grandson Saturday morning to hunt a doe or hog (MLD).
He’s got a new .243. Shots will be ~100 yds. I’ve never liked small calibers for shoulder shots, so have zero experience with them myself. If I have him shoot in rib cage (low behind shoulder) am I asking for a 200 yd blood trailing job? Or have him go for broke with a neck shot?
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Originally posted by Tx_Wader View PostRight where the neck joins the shoulders and they're drt.
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Originally posted by Pineywoods Paul View PostThis is a timely thread for me. I’m taking my 7 year old grandson Saturday morning to hunt a doe or hog (MLD).
He’s got a new .243. Shots will be ~100 yds. I’ve never liked small calibers for shoulder shots, so have zero experience with them myself. If I have him shoot in rib cage (low behind shoulder) am I asking for a 200 yd blood trailing job? Or have him go for broke with a neck shot?
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I have been hunting since 1983 and twice I have taken head shots and that was after making a not so great first shot and I had to finish them off. But truth is I have shot way more deer with a bow than I have with a gun (I gave up gun hunting for a long time). So when I do gun hunt I tend to shoot them in the same spot I do when I have my bow.
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