Thread: Neckshot placement

Phil that would be considered a poor neck shot. Its just clipped the neck, enough to cut an artery but not where you want the bullet to hit.
A good shot would have started with the animal falling down due to shock to the nervous system. Yes you can get that effect and it still gets up and runs away because the bullet has only clipped along the top of the neck or too low, but typically you have still done enough damage to nerves and blood vessels.
I have lost 2 deer with neck shots as they got back up again but have no don't they didn't last long and simply couldn't find them because of poor light and terrain.
Strong neck muscles are really only an issue with say a .22 etc. Vividly remember trying to bring down a very large billy as a kid with a .22. When it finally went down there was 6+ bullets in his neck that had been stopped by the muscle mass and fat.

Neck shots are still my preferred shot.

Phil, the bullet looks like it cut across the windpipe. All of these discussions assume we hit what we are aiming for. For example if we want to talk about killing shots that allow poor shooting, then when you start talking about body shots, you end up with the poorer shooters simply aiming for the 'big' bit, which usually ends up with hitting the animal too far back.
Precise shot placement is the trick and knowing some anatomy, plus having the control to do it under pressure when you have an animal in front of you. This is what your researching here so all will be well.

Thanks Barefoot and Carlsen Highway, both good bits of advice there.