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What shots will you take?

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26 August 2010, 05:09
Antelope Sniper
What shots will you take?
With all the debate, I thought I would ask the question:What shots will you take?I only take head/neck shots.I only take heart/lung shots.I will take any shot except a Texas head shot.I will take any shot that reasonably presents itself.I always shoot for the guts. I like the smell of ruman in the morning.
26 August 2010, 06:28
taylorce1
I shoot for the exit, have that bullet travel through the vitals and you have a dead animal. I won't say I've never shot an animal through the guts to get there, but usually they are already wounded by myself or others and need to be put down quickly. I wish I could make the perfect shot every time but I do screw up from time to time.
27 August 2010, 04:29
Antelope Sniper
So far we have more gut shooters then head shooters. That should make HotCore happy!
Keep the votes coming.
27 August 2010, 05:25
Geedubya
Ones that I'm certain will effect a quick humane kill.
Best
GWB
29 August 2010, 22:13
TomP
quote:
Originally posted by Antelope Sniper:
With all the debate, I thought I would ask the question:


I only go looking for lung shots these days, most of the time pass up other shots, particularly when it's just too windy (a Milk River alfalfa field and a Wyoming sage flat come to mind).

I took the THS once about twenty years ago, figured from the distance involved it would be either a killing shot or a miss. It was a killing shot, resulted in bringing a Caprice (our jeep that year after the car rental company reneged on the promised station wagon) quite a ways down a roadless gully to pick up the buck.


TomP

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30 August 2010, 01:16
Phil N
I chose heart/lung, but will certainly take a neck shot if it presents itself.


US Army 1977-1998
02 September 2010, 00:02
Gerrypeters375
I was only a NY deer hunter so my answer to one poster's poll was a "heart/lung shot". It was somewhat dishonest because after I had my 30-06 with 180 gr.bullet, I felt free to shoot at that white flag waving at me -as if taunting me when I just had my beloved 30-30! Smiler