High shoulder shot?

[KX500]

Take that picture at top & draw an imaginary 3 inch circle around the red dot. Now look at all the places you could hit within that 3 inch circle and not hit anything vital.

Now move the red dot to right behind the shoulder & about half way up. Do the 3 inch circle thing again.

See how much more margin for error there is on the behind the shoulder shot?

I have absolutely hit where the red dot is now - and it works great.

But stuff happens and I still want more room for the 'human' factor to work in my favor!

[Phillip Fields]

I don't like shoulder shots, it ruins too much meat.

[Greenheadless]

If going for a surgical shot like that of a high shoulder, why not shoot where the neck joins the skull? That will DRT them and kill them at the same time. I have shot 100’s of deer there, one just a couple weeks ago. While it did not hit bone, it took out both carotid arteries and he bled out within seconds.

If you want a margin of error, go behind the shoulder the the “V”.

[Greenheadless]

Here’s where I hit the doe. She barely bled a drop, but thankfully didn’t move more than a few feet from where she fell.

Seems a little high to make it a kill shot, unless it was to get the aorta under the backbone. Definitely would de-mobilize them though. That looks more of a dead center backbone than a high shoulder shot.

[TxBowHntr]

I am curious about this shot. What happens in the high shoulder shot that puts them down? As far as I can tell, you are in front/above the lungs, and still below the spine. Behind the shoulder you have the lungs and heart and all other "vitals". I am not knocking the shot, just curious why it causes the deer to drop.

[TacticalCowboy]

I shoot Square in the shoulder on everything. This is from an elk cow. It’s obvious how you can’t hit any vitals with that shot.

[Artos]

I don't like shoulder shots, it ruins too much meat.

same...I would rather lose a little neck meat & aim for the white patch if I need to drop. I wouldn't mind taking the shot on a buck if it was the only one presented & thought it might get away.

[panhandlehunter]

I am curious about this shot. What happens in the high shoulder shot that puts them down? As far as I can tell, you are in front/above the lungs, and still below the spine. Behind the shoulder you have the lungs and heart and all other "vitals". I am not knocking the shot, just curious why it causes the deer to drop.

You get lungs and the spine drops down right there, that’s why they drop.

[88 Bound]

That shot still kills deer. It just takes longer than 30 mins because they have to bleed out. You missed the lungs.

[Lone_Wolf]

i don't like shoulder shots, it ruins too much meat.

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[Snowflake Killa]

I don't like shoulder shots, it ruins too much meat.

That's funny right there

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[Lone_Wolf]

same...I would rather lose a little neck meat & aim for the white patch if I need to drop. I wouldn't mind taking the shot on a buck if it was the only one presented & thought it might get away.

I agree. It seems like suck a waste shooting a deer in the shoulder on purpose. Now if it's a big buck you've been after, first shot opportunity, I'm shooting.(minus a neck shot, wouldn't want to mess up the cape). Took a big one quartering to right in the shoulder with a 308 and that dude took in like a champ. Wasn't high shoulder, just right in the shoulder and exited right behind the off shoulder. Limped 15 yards and tipped over. Thought for sure he would drop.

[Mexico]

Yup me too but I drop mine about 2 or 3 inches. They can't go anywhere without front tires.

[K. Lane]

I or my family do not take high shoulder shots....we move a bit for to the "STOP BUTTON"


Here is what the stop button looks like when it is activated. This was on a nice 8 from Lampasas county last year with my .257 wby mag.

https://www.facebook.com/kevin.meadows.167/videos/vb.100000959937023/2420591991316108/?type=3

[Tx_Wader]

I wouldn't take a high shoulder shot with a .223. And you learned the same thing.