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Oh no, didn't think you were. I was stating for the masses and less seasoned shooters/hunters on here that this is not a shot that should be undertaken on a whim. That there is a confidence and calmness factor in a shot like that which shouldn't be attempted without 100% certainty in all the variables.
 
If you had read what I said about the shot, it wasn't risky. Maybe for you it would have been but not for me and the situation. I don't aim for the furry brown blob in the woods, I target specific points on the deer and never go for a "boiler room" shot. High Shoulder, direct heart shot or a head shot if conditions present it. 95% of the time, I don't have to track a deer and when I do, its usually a short walk. My 7mm08 shoots about 0.375" at 100yds and that's a 5 shot group.
 
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Ouch.......that'll leave a mark. Good shot Salty, I don't take headshots but see no problem with them for those with the skill, eyes, and equipment to take them. If I did any scoped rifle hunting I'd probably do it to save meat if the opportunity presented itself.
 
Problem is you can botch a head shot and just blow the mouth off and condemn the animal to a slow death.

Heart and lung shots are a better choice.

#1 You don't turn the skull in to a bag of pulp assuming you want a trophy.

#2 Bigger Target and less of a chance of a bad out come.
 
Problem is you can botch a head shot and just blow the mouth off and condemn the animal to a slow death.

Heart and lung shots are a better choice.

#1 You don't turn the skull in to a bag of pulp assuming you want a trophy.

#2 Bigger Target and less of a chance of a bad out come.
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I would tend to agree with you in most instances for the majority of hunters. However, I see hundreds of deer in the course of a season and rarely do I get bent out of shape over a doe. I hardly ever go for a heart/lung shot even on a deer I intend to mount, its the high shoulder shot 90% of the time for me. Though typically that shot tends to break both shoulders, sever the spine and litter the lungs with bits of bone shrapnel. Never had one make a single step after it either.

Again, I don't advocate this type of shot for anyone, I have fired hundreds of rounds through the gun and know where it is going to hit every time. I had a very stable rest, good trigger control and breathing and ample light, it was simply a matter of mechanics. Every shot I take on a deer is intended to dispatch the animal as quickly as possible and none do it like a headshot. I never aim for a region or organ group, I aim for specific parts of the anatomy and if I cannot, then the animal walks.
 
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