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to take or not to take a head shot on a deer?
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<blockquote data-quote="esshup" data-source="post: 245817" data-attributes="member: 11101"><p>That's the main reason why I shot the doe this year in the head. My buddy has been wanting a unblemished deer hide to tan for his wall for a few years now and this was the perfect opportunity. I would say that 95% of the animals that I take are taken with a high shoulder shot. This is the first deer in about 10 years that I've head shot. I shot that doe with a Barnes TSX in .243 in the ear, and the bullet came out the other side just behind the ear and it didn't look like it expanded at all, which was what I was hoping for. Looking at the skinned hide from the inside, there is only one "hole" in the hide.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> I talked to the skinners at the processor when he was in paying for it, and when they skinned it, they gave him 100% of the skin, from the tip of the tail to the nose. They skinned the head cased, like you would skin a 'yote or muskrat. He has the eyebrows, ears, lips and nose on the skin.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /> He's been unlucky the past 2 years and hasen't seen any deer of any size to take, so he got the whole deer as well. The other deer that I shot this year was taken with a shot that went down between the shoulder blades (I was a distance above the deer, the deer was facing me with its' head down at a horizontal distance of maybe 15 yds.) That deer went to my Aunt.</p><p> </p><p>I believe that no matter what animal you are shooting at, it's your obligation to make a clean quick kill. If I don't have 100% confidence in knowing where my bullet will impact, I won't shoot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="esshup, post: 245817, member: 11101"] That's the main reason why I shot the doe this year in the head. My buddy has been wanting a unblemished deer hide to tan for his wall for a few years now and this was the perfect opportunity. I would say that 95% of the animals that I take are taken with a high shoulder shot. This is the first deer in about 10 years that I've head shot. I shot that doe with a Barnes TSX in .243 in the ear, and the bullet came out the other side just behind the ear and it didn't look like it expanded at all, which was what I was hoping for. Looking at the skinned hide from the inside, there is only one "hole" in the hide.:D I talked to the skinners at the processor when he was in paying for it, and when they skinned it, they gave him 100% of the skin, from the tip of the tail to the nose. They skinned the head cased, like you would skin a 'yote or muskrat. He has the eyebrows, ears, lips and nose on the skin.:cool: He's been unlucky the past 2 years and hasen't seen any deer of any size to take, so he got the whole deer as well. The other deer that I shot this year was taken with a shot that went down between the shoulder blades (I was a distance above the deer, the deer was facing me with its' head down at a horizontal distance of maybe 15 yds.) That deer went to my Aunt. I believe that no matter what animal you are shooting at, it's your obligation to make a clean quick kill. If I don't have 100% confidence in knowing where my bullet will impact, I won't shoot. [/QUOTE]
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