Thread: Projectile performance

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

I agree with you on the 'quick and humane death', but is a shoulder shot actually a quick death or quicker death ? Just because it will generally drop the animal on the spot because of a 'spinal concussion' does that mean a more immediate death than any other lethal shot where the animal dies of blood loss ?

Earlier you said we should utilize every part of the deer. Other than head shooting a deer, this is pretty much impossible regardless of what projectile you use. So would you rather the risk of blowing a deers jaw off with a smaller margin of era head shot., all for the sake of saving a few more grams of meat rather than the hilar shot that might cause you some extra meat loss because of the projectile we choose to use but puts the animal down?