I was raised to take the heart lung shot and now it's pretty much habit. Even when I could take a neck or head shot, It's the heart that gets it
still prefer to shot them in the vitals cause I like to hear em scream
Cranky...hey man, if you are comfortable with taking headshots, were raised doing so, that's what you were taught to do, & are completely efficent at it...then have at it
If you're looking through a scope, you can tell the difference between a man starting at you, and a deer. Having part of the body covered doesn't make it hard to identify the target, or what's behind it.This is also a safety issue to me as well. If all you can see is a deer's head is it really a good idea to shoot? More than one hunter has been killed by another who thought he was shooting at part of a deer that he saw through the brush.
There's plenty of ways to wound and cripple an animal. I took a head shot once because the buck was looking right at me from behind a big tree. All I could see was his rear end and his head; I thought he was about to bolt. When I was dressing him, I noticed that one of the front legs was completely shattered. The skin was healing and it looked like a clean entrance, so I assume it was from an arrow. If you're a good shot, you know when to pass up a shot. If you're a bad shot, any shot can be a crippler.I am a good shot, but I am not going to risk blowing a deers jaw off & having it starve to death. we owe it to our game to make the death as humne & respectful as possible.
Sure, the problem is that you don't know exactly why or when they will decide to unfreeze.
Fair enough. But, what will stop some new hunter who just bought a rifle from reading internet forums and getting the idea that head shots are the cool thing to do.
We as hunters should never take such an inhumane shot.
I understand the argument some are making about gut shot deer and new hunters with ultra mags and no practice, but it is a strawman.
You are tyring to justify a small jumpy target because some can't hit a larger one. Makes no sense.