Whitetail neck shot?

[TacticalTaco]

I've hit one doe in the neck, she dropped and sat there shaking for about 5 minutes. I'd rather go for a lung or heart shot.

 

[Ixraypeople]

Took one last year with a frontal neck shot right down the midline severed the spine completely without hitting vasculature. Immediate drop and very quick death. Was sitting on the ground. Wouldn't take that shot from an elevated position, would likely result in having a second entry in the back. Just get ready for a huge gush of blood once you get on the inside and sever the great vessels from the aorta.

 

[Fatal_Bert]

Will always prefer the neck shot.

For shot placement, just dead center on the neck is fine. Severed spinal cord is instant lights out, severed jugular drops them in their tracks too, not quite as instant.

So if it's a close shot, good rest, confident with my rife I'll aim a little higher for the spinal cord.

If I'm playing it safe just dead center of neck, something like this.

 

[4ssss]

Ruining great meat on a nice buck. No thanks. My wife would kill me if I ruined a neck roast.

My wife would kill me if I ruined a good heart.

 

[Wrangler]

That settles it, there’s no good place to shoot a deer.

 

[Edog537]

I prefer the high shoulder shot. I had a bad experience with a neck shot in my youth. Anything from .243 and up will break both shoulders and spine of any Georgia deer and put them down right there. Tracking deer is over rated.

 

[TrueGrit]

If the shot is under 50 yards or I have a good prop I always go for the neck.
I’ll either aim right in the middle or where the neck meets the shoulder just depends on what kind of shot I have.
Confidence is key as previously stated if you’re off you’ll either miss it all together or not hurt it enough to ruin it’s quality of life.
I’d rather miss one clean than take an iffy shot and wound one.

There's plenty of confident people that don't have the ability.
A neck shot is a high risk, high reward shot.
Fact is if you hit a deer anywhere in the neck you've hurt it.
If you shoot and have a clean miss you had no damn business shooting in the first place.
A neck - shoulder junction shot works good but you destroy a lot of meat.
I prefer to shoot eating deer from the white throat patch to the ear hole. And always shoot bucks center shoulder.

 

[TrueGrit]

The deer were moving good. I've seen this 5 times and get excited every darn time. He's a good 3.5 yo buck.

 

[basstracker89]

That settles it, there’s no good place to shoot a deer.

 

[Rimfire rifleman]

If possible, always a neck shot, quick death no trauma or adrenaline from a wounded deer (that affects the meat IMO)