Ladies and gentlemen. Since in my humble opinion the bulwark of this forum's expertise and brain trust reside in this forum, I ask your indulgence to visit the "Big Game" thread and comment on the subject at hand. Thanks, jorge

PS: Saeed, Terry or Don, if there is a better way to steer folks over there or you feel this post is redundant, please feel free to modify or delete as you see fit. jorge

See "Seyfried on shoulder shots"

George

Thanks, George! well what do you think? jorge

I think the shoulder shot discussion has been done before but I agree with Mr. Seyfried 110%. I have never lost an animal shot through both shoulders with a proper rifle/bullet combination.

bwanamrm: It has, just like a lot of other posts here, but there's a method to my madness over on the BG forum jorge

Compared to some here, I am a novice, but I was told in Africa where we were trophy hunting to hold on a broadside shot right behind the front leg and, on most animals, about 1/3'd up from the bottom of the animal (or 2/3'ds down). On other shots, I was told that a good rule was to aim at the front off-side shoulder, which puts the bullet through the on-side lung, possibly into a bit of the off-side lung, and into that area between the front legs where the heart and major blood vessels are.

This method offers a relatively large fatal target zone therefore a large margin of error. Unless you break more than one shoulder or hit the nervous system, the animal can remain mobile. A high hit can miss the shoulder and miss the vitals also. I have done this, and the impala just kept going although slowly.

Although we have had to track some animals hit in the heart-lung area, there was always an animal at the end of the trail. Kudude