Neck shots?
Last night I shot a four pointed roe buck at around 50yrds with a .243 105gr SP round, he was walking away from me in a tram line and only offered a shot when he turned his head to one side to browse on foliage, I had a steady rest tripod sticks.
I shot him exactly where I aimed, 2/3rds of the way up his neck and in the middle, he dropped on the spot and I then reloaded and waited about a minute before approaching him, when I arrived at the deer his eyes were rolling in his head and his body was slightly crunched and tense with small muscle convulsions.
By the time I was ready to deal with the situation he was expired, I take very few neck shots and although he did not move from the spot where I shot him I have not stopped thinking about it, thus I am writing this post for some advise, as I wandered if it is just a bad experience or bad placement as I know many of you take neck shots on a regular basis.
Last night I shot a four pointed roe buck at around 50yrds with a .243 105gr SP round, he was walking away from me in a tram line and only offered a shot when he turned his head to one side to browse on foliage, I had a steady rest tripod sticks.
I shot him exactly where I aimed, 2/3rds of the way up his neck and in the middle, he dropped on the spot and I then reloaded and waited about a minute before approaching him, when I arrived at the deer his eyes were rolling in his head and his body was slightly crunched and tense with small muscle convulsions.
By the time I was ready to deal with the situation he was expired, I take very few neck shots and although he did not move from the spot where I shot him I have not stopped thinking about it, thus I am writing this post for some advise, as I wandered if it is just a bad experience or bad placement as I know many of you take neck shots on a regular basis.