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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Gunshow75 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October/13/2010 at 04:08
Originally posted by Kickboxer Kickboxer wrote:

I'll take my chances with a huge bullet...
 
All other things being equal, I, too, think that larger diameter bullets stop them more quickly.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dale Clifford Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October/13/2010 at 07:58

The best place to shoot a deer is 100 yds from the truck, closer the better. The worst place to shoot a deer is on a canyon rim opposite of the one your on. The best place to shoot larger animals, moose,elk is in your neighbors back yard, and the worst place is in the middle of a pond or river.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote trigger29 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October/13/2010 at 09:39
I agree with Dale the most.Big Grin

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote helo18 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October/13/2010 at 20:03
I like the lungs/heart right behind the shoulder.  I have shot a shoulder going it, ruined a lot of meat.  Dead deer.  Hit the shoulder going out, ruined a lot of meat.  Dead dear.  Hit both shoulders, ruined even more meat.  Dead deer.  Shot behind both shoulders, no ruined meat.  Dead deer.

Last year I hit my elk both lungs at 432 yards with my 300 WM, 190 gr BTSP @ 2980 or so.  He dropped got up, went thirty yards, and dropped.  If I can help it, I will not shoot the shoulders.  I hate butchering around the damage and they all end up dead anyway.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote pyro6999 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October/13/2010 at 20:41
Originally posted by Dale Clifford Dale Clifford wrote:

The best place to shoot a deer is 100 yds from the truck, closer the better. The worst place to shoot a deer is on a canyon rim opposite of the one your on. The best place to shoot larger animals, moose,elk is in your neighbors back yard, and the worst place is in the middle of a pond or river.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 284winguy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October/15/2010 at 17:29
 Back edge of the front leg,1/3rd up from the bottom. I also try to angle forward if able.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Gunshow75 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October/18/2010 at 18:34
Lets suppose the deer is oriented such that you can only hit one lung.  Where do you place your shots in that circumstance?


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wait.
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