Found this on the web today by accident.

Good quick reference? Yes or No? If no how and what would you finetune?

Link below
Shot Placement

What website did that come from?

He has basically taken photos from the Robertson's book The Perfect Shot, from the African Hunter Shot Placement Guide and from the website safaribwana (all copyrighted images).

I don't agree with the images with the large red cross (the Pay Line), if it means shoot at the junction of the two red lines. Way too far back on all of those (except for the lion and the leopard). Not too crazy about the shot placement on those buffalo with the red dots (both a bit too far to the right).

Regards,

Terry

Shot placement on plains game (except giraffe) and buffalo is not that difficult. The cats, croc, elephant and giraffe require some study.

On the plainsgame and buffalo, it is simple. On a perfectly broad-side shot, align your vertical crosshair with the center of the near front leg, go up about one-third of the animal and pull the trigger.

Of course, we aren't always presented with a perfect broad-side shot. The way to study shot placement is not to look at someone's photos that have a "dot" on the side of the animal. Study the anatomical drawings and learn where the heart and lungs are located. You must then visualize shooting through the animal and into the top of the heart and through the lungs. That will work regardless of the position of the animal. Don't get hung up on a "spot" on the outside of the animal. Visualize the heart and shoot through it.

Regards,

Terry

Terry,

You have my endorsement for every word you've said.

Readers ,please read as if underlined and in bold the words "....the top of the heart...."
One word that Terry used I would suggest to be changed: Please replace "...pull the trigger..." with "...squeeze the trigger...."

In good hunting.

Andrew McLaren.

Study these photos before going to my next post on this topic. Where is the heart located?

Here is my best estimate of the location of the heart. Your aiming point should approximately be at the top of the red oval. (Nothing wrong with a shot a little lower or little higher, just depends on your preference.) The most popular view seems to call for a shot at the top of the heart so as to disrupt the major blood flow into the heart.


This is just my best estimate as to the heart's location, but you get the idea. Visualize the heart's location and shoot through to the heart.

Terry -- I always enjoy these "shot placement" threads. Thanks for the pictures.

Although not through the very top of the heart, this shot on a giraffe, brought him down in about 70 yards. His chest cavity was full of blood.



Regards,

Terry

With these two guys, you have a little wiggle room. What you don't want to do is hit them on the center of the shoulder. You are definitely going to miss the heart and maybe the lungs as well. So get it out of your head that your are looking for a "center of the shoulder shot". That only works on perfectly broad-side shots. Look for the positon of the opposite front leg. That will give you an indication of how the animal is positioned.

I was just doing a google image search for a blue wildebeast I clicked and ta da shot placement diagram appeared. Since I love these bits especially with photos I figured I had something to get the ball rollin.


TOP OF THE HEART!!!

Yes the information on that site has been taken from copyrighted materials and should not be on there. That is a clear violation of the law and I would suggest that the person responsible take the offending pictures off of the website. I also don't believe that we ought to be patronizing a site that contains illegally posted material. If you want that information then I suggest that you buy the book or get written permission from the author and/or publisher, which I doubt that they would be willing to give you for free.