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Deer death
Pat B:
A high shoulder shot will usually drop them in their tracks.
PEARL DRUMS:
Neck wounds are what we found most often, second goes to leg wounds, when we processed hundreds of deer every fall at dads shop. Your target is about a 1.25" round spinal column, artery's are a total crap shoot and the rest all solid meat. Hit one in the throat and good luck killing it. In my opinion, you couldn't take a worse shot and I don't care what trigger you are pulling or string you are dropping.
If you want the best red meat you can make. Leave as much blood within muscle as possible and drop the animal ASAP to do so. Bleeding out is for white meat.
PEARL DRUMS:
Having a chance to look over literally thousands of deer and hear thousands of deer stories was a great opportunity for me to learn what kills deer outside of my own field experience. From rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders, cars, trucks, pistols, bolts and arrows. I seen and heard it all. Every fall we would line up slugs, bullets and broad heads on a wall perlin. Few of which actually killed the animal, but were still in it.
Moral of the story, shoot them in lungs/heart or don't shoot.
sleek:
--- Quote from: PEARL DRUMS/PEARLY/PD/DRUMS on November 19, 2017, 06:51:57 am ---Having a chance to look over literally thousands of deer and hear thousands of deer stories was a great opportunity for me to learn what kills deer outside of my own field experience. From rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders, cars, trucks, pistols, bolts and arrows. I seen and heard it all. Every fall we would line up slugs, bullets and broad heads on a wall perlin. Few of which actually killed the animal, but were still in it.
Moral of the story, shoot them in lungs/heart or don't shoot.
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Well, i sit corrected ... I guess this is one of those moments where you learn your old man taught you wrong.
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: BowEd on November 18, 2017, 03:49:48 pm ---Some Iowa boys do that on a tractor or a combine too......lol.
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That may have happened around here years ago, but when a few guys lost their combine I think that pretty well put a end to it around here. Our CO has become very serious and he doesn't give anyone any breaks. A person could buy some very nice hunting trips for the cost of a combine. It's going to be hard to keep the coyotes population in check. They are really hard to keep in a section without guy's watching the road. If I have to watch road I just park a stand somewhere. If I can't stop the coyotes from there they are going to cross the road. We have had a lot of guys get tickets just for having a gun with shells in the tube leaning against a vehicle.
Bjrogg
PS I just have to agree with Pearl. Put whatever your shooting in the broiler room.
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