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Bigger is better theory or truth?
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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasjohn" data-source="post: 1735810" data-attributes="member: 109113"><p>I'm in full agreement with this guy. The only thing I'd like to add is that if the deer isn't all excited, they sometimes drop at the shot with a hit behind the shoulder. If the deer is running when you shoot it there, it's going to keep right on running until it bleeds out and falls down. </p><p></p><p>Shoulder shots knock them down quite handily, but really waste a lot of the bambi-burgers. I stay away from that whenever possible, but sometimes you just have to do it when you need to anchor the animal on the spot. I had to do that a while back, when I was shooting a buck that I didn't want to jump the fence onto a property we didn't have permission to hunt on. One Lightfield Hybred 12-gauge slug through both shoulders took care of that right now. It trashed both shoulders, but there was a bunch of meat on the rest of the animal that didn't get away. One of the lads back at camp said to shoot for the shoulders, and if you want more meat shoot more deer. That's all fine & dandy, but I still prefer to use the rib cage shot when I can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasjohn, post: 1735810, member: 109113"] I'm in full agreement with this guy. The only thing I'd like to add is that if the deer isn't all excited, they sometimes drop at the shot with a hit behind the shoulder. If the deer is running when you shoot it there, it's going to keep right on running until it bleeds out and falls down. Shoulder shots knock them down quite handily, but really waste a lot of the bambi-burgers. I stay away from that whenever possible, but sometimes you just have to do it when you need to anchor the animal on the spot. I had to do that a while back, when I was shooting a buck that I didn't want to jump the fence onto a property we didn't have permission to hunt on. One Lightfield Hybred 12-gauge slug through both shoulders took care of that right now. It trashed both shoulders, but there was a bunch of meat on the rest of the animal that didn't get away. One of the lads back at camp said to shoot for the shoulders, and if you want more meat shoot more deer. That's all fine & dandy, but I still prefer to use the rib cage shot when I can. [/QUOTE]
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