I've got another head shot story to share, but it isn't quite so funny.

I've never been an advocate of head shots, or neck shots for that matter (despite the fact that my mentor -- my Dad -- was a die-hard neck shooter). Too much potential for the type of injury that will result in a long lingering death in my mind.

This year two parties opened up on a moose in my Dad's field (about an hour west of FSJ) despite it being posted "No Trespassing" every 50m. As I understand it both parties attempted head shots at this moose simultaneously (although one of the shots is pure speculation). One missed and the other hit it. Right in the jaw. It got away, and my Dad saw this thing a couple times over the next couple days with its lower jaw flapping off of its chest. He didn't have his rifle or he would of finished it off. Can't imagine what a lousy death that moose suffered.

The worst part of the story is that in the melee, one of those bullets shot a front leg off of one of my Dad's two year old heifers (bison). The moose was hanging out near his bison herd. The resultant stampede also ended in another death. One of the bison calves was trampled.

Of course the head shooting had nothing to do with the "collateral damage", but the whole ordeal sure made for a shitty day for my Pa. The perpetrators should feel very lucky that my Dad didn't catch them!

Canuck

At least you shot your moose in Canada. In Alaska it is very illegal to shoot game aided by any artificial light.

Canuck

Canuck

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Head shots are a good recipe for an Animal to get shot into the lower Jaw, run off and starve to dead who wants that.

Shooting in the dark is Illegal in British Columbia, never mind the regulation allowes you to hunt for big game one hour before Sunrise to one hour after Sunset.

Since you told your "Buddy" to shoot, I am assuming you are a Guide. Perhaps you wish to check immediately with your employing Outfitter and fill him in before he looses his Guide Outfitting Bussiness.

Fair Chase and happy hunting, Carl.

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Originally posted by Daryl Elder:
If you saw my photo under 'Why head shots...' here is the rest of the story, as Mr. Harvey would say. It was still dark in the a.m. when my buddy(in the photo) and me were heading down a road/cutline when we saw this bull in the middle of said road. Couldn't see much in the headlights of the Argo except his butt and what appeared to be antlers as he was facing away and looking back over said butt at us. We didn't want to spook him so we left the Argo running and didn't get out. As my buddy is from N.Z. and han't killed anything bigger than an opossum, I told him to blast bullwinkle! "I kent see enything" he says. "Shoot him" says I! "I kint see!" he says. "OK, I'll take him!" says I. Not wanting to ruin any meat, I tried for a head/neck shot--you can see the results. Not an easy task to shoot the antler of a moose in the dark with only crappy Argo headlights to see with and a stunned Kiwi sitting beside you--he had his scope cranked up to 9x. That was funny...

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The same thing about using radios while hunting. You can have two-way radios, as long as you don't use than to aid with hunting game.

These restrictions are not necessarily bad. You get used to them pretty fast.

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Originally posted by Bill Leeper:
[B]My head shot Story.
When I touched him he came back to life

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I have had that happen with white tail, elk, moose. The white tail delivered a kick that I still remember clearly. The others tried, but I had learned to be more cautious. I know people who have lost and almost lost their gun by posing with the "dead" animal only to find it was just stunned. I know hunters that only take the head shot, but I am not one of them. Not trying to start something be saying that, I just don't think that I am that good.

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Good Shooting!

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Greg Rodriguez
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