Thread: Head shot vs heart / lung which do you use most?

Josh and R93 are onto it. You never know. Pick your shots depending on the situation and context.

Heart/lungs is a misnomer. If you hit the heart you are probably aiming too low, and the deer will bolt with a "heart rush". For the lungs, aim higher and a little further back. Or higher on the shoulder in line with the shoulder bone to take out the lungs, bust the shoulder and create shock into the spine, but not so high that the bullet does't destroy the lungs.

Head and neck are for the experienced or when it is a viable and certain option.

If you pre-dermine where you are going to aim, you will wound and lose deer.