Thread: Interesting stats here....so the 270 can kill deer...

Originally Posted by Tahr

A heart shot results in a runner and often a lost deer. Shoot a bit higher into the centre of the shoulder and recovery percent will be higher.

Like mentioned above by Mickey d the front line of the forleg shot, the high shoulder shot, the lower neck shot, all are much better options than the “in the crease” heart shot. I’ve not really ever understood why the heart shot is still so popular cos as Tahr says it will result in long runners a lot of the time, most of the time. Especially here in NZ were 50-60 yds and no dog can be good bye deer. In the UK they’ll tell you its because the game dealers won’t accept shoulder shot carcasses because of meat damage.

Yet still most outfitters and lots of different books and websites and so on still want the heart shot. Doesn’t make much sense to me.