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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 1569986" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>People frown upon me quite often when I say I try to smash at least one shoulder. I used to shoot the classic "behind the shoulder" shot, heart/lungs. However several years back I had 2 occasions that I kind of see as anomalies, but shows the unpredictability of hunting. Two whitetail bucks, both shot behind shoulder with a 7mm RemMag and appropriate deer bullets (ballistic tip, SST). The first was probably the biggest buck I'll ever kill (a 170 class or better, and on public land): 75 yards chasing doe, at shot seen instant red rose of death so I know placement was good, deer ran right past me and straight to an old dirt road by where we were camped (about 200 yards), deer died by road in front of my camp and my best friend inadvertently helped a fella steal my deer. Second buck was a pretty decent one at under 200, again seen the red rose so knew shot placement, deer ran maybe 100 yards and jumped into a severely flooded-fast moving creek and was never seen again. I don't care if I lose the shoulder(s), losing that little bit of meat is better than not having any!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 1569986, member: 8873"] People frown upon me quite often when I say I try to smash at least one shoulder. I used to shoot the classic "behind the shoulder" shot, heart/lungs. However several years back I had 2 occasions that I kind of see as anomalies, but shows the unpredictability of hunting. Two whitetail bucks, both shot behind shoulder with a 7mm RemMag and appropriate deer bullets (ballistic tip, SST). The first was probably the biggest buck I'll ever kill (a 170 class or better, and on public land): 75 yards chasing doe, at shot seen instant red rose of death so I know placement was good, deer ran right past me and straight to an old dirt road by where we were camped (about 200 yards), deer died by road in front of my camp and my best friend inadvertently helped a fella steal my deer. Second buck was a pretty decent one at under 200, again seen the red rose so knew shot placement, deer ran maybe 100 yards and jumped into a severely flooded-fast moving creek and was never seen again. I don't care if I lose the shoulder(s), losing that little bit of meat is better than not having any! [/QUOTE]
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