Deer - best aim point

[Leroux]

What calibre and bullet were you using out of interest

I have a 30-06 and a 308

 

[Dunwaters]

For heavens sake, can one of you guys stop dithering and just shoot it?

 

[75]

For heavens sake, can one of you guys stop dithering and just shoot it?

Only once it's perfectly broadside and in an open field.

 

[Sika-Hunter]

Only once it's perfectly broadside and in an open field.

And don't forget LEAD FREE

 

[VSS]

Only once it's perfectly broadside and in an open field.

If only they would!

 

[Roestalker39]

head , neck , shoulder , chest they all have their place depending on circumstances and distance from quarry etc , but if chest shooting this is my preferred aim point not too much meat damage

 

[TomDeer]

head , neck , shoulder , chest they all have their place depending on circumstances and distance from quarry etc , but if chest shooting this is my preferred aim point not too much meat damage

Were those two immediate bang flops or did they get any distance?

 

[John Gryphon]

I disagree with Foster on the “European tradition of aiming at the centre of the shoulder”.

When a bloke is stalking and a dream stag shows broadside one should put the bullet square into his shoulder. The margin for aiming error is greatly minimised. Any wandering (shakes) will (should) still keep the crosshairs in the kill zone which is a frigging big square on a big stag. A smack in the X puts them down,generally on the spot.

 

[Foxyboy43]

I kind of agree with you JG - and I suspect probably the primary reason old time stalkers told guests to aim there.

 

[Roestalker39]

Were those two immediate bang flops or did they get any distance?

Pricket was bang flop the bigger buck went 15 yards, when gralloched the heart was split in half

 

[TomDeer]

Pricket was bang flop the bigger buck went 15 yards, when gralloched the heart was split in half

Good result. It always amazes me that they can get any distance after their hearts have been turned to gloop because their blood pressure must immediately just drop off the cliff.

 

[Roestalker39]

Good result. It always amazes me that they can get any distance after their hearts have been turned to gloop because their blood pressure must immediately just drop off the cliff.

Exactly , it always amazes me how tough animals are in general to be honest .

 

[User00033]

When a bloke is stalking and a dream stag shows broadside one should put the bullet square into his shoulder. The margin for aiming error is greatly minimised. Any wandering (shakes) will (should) still keep the crosshairs in the kill zone which is a frigging big square on a big stag. A smack in the X puts them down,generally on the spot.

Maybe you’ve misunderstood John.

What I said was the European tradition wasn’t - at least when I was a young fella - to put the bullet in the middle of the shoulder. The traditional shot was the meat saver shot, in the crease, behind the shoulder. The shoulder was avoided to save the forequarters. For fast killing, that is not the most effective shot.

 

[John Gryphon]

Got it now Dodgy.

 

[75]

The traditional shot was the meat saver shot, in the crease, behind the shoulder. The shoulder was avoided to save the forequarters. For fast killing, that is not the most effective shot.

Aye, I think the traditional uk shot is more like the end of the bottom right leg of the “x” in the image above. I use it less and less these days.

 

[User00025]

Aye, I think the traditional uk shot is more like the end of the bottom right leg of the “x” in the image above. I use it less and less these days.

True John, I use it mostly, but then generally the deer on our estate are mainly in the open and at least 100yds from dense cover. Very occasionally mistakes are made but it's then rapid fire at any showing part.

 

[willowbank]

The right eye is the one that is facing you at the time. The wrong eye is the one you can't see.

As long as you are shooting rabbits and not splitting ‘hares’

WB

 

[Leroux]

Agreed

When a bloke is stalking and a dream stag shows broadside one should put the bullet square into his shoulder. The margin for aiming error is greatly minimised. Any wandering (shakes) will (should) still keep the crosshairs in the kill zone which is a frigging big square on a big stag. A smack in the X puts them down,generally on the spot.

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[Magnificent 7]

As your experience gains amd varying shots present themselves you have to adapt your shot placement to suit but the main thing in mind is a quick and humane kill above anything else of you are not 100 percent surenon being able to place that bullet where you want then let it pass another chance will arose perhaps not today but you'll not.go.hungry and certainly won't go home with that awful minds eye picture of a suffering animal

 

[Selous]

Aye, I think the traditional uk shot is more like the end of the bottom right leg of the “x” in the image above. I use it less and less these days.

With this shot placement the bullet passes close to the diaphragm, so by slipping backwards or by the animal quartering you can end up hitting the liver and potentially the rumen. I have never liked it as an elective shot.