Importance of Shot Placement vs Power

[Sniperdoc]

If you hunt a lot it will happen to you!
I had a friend of mine claim a buck I shot. I let him have the deer. He hadn't taken a deer all season and I had. I shot the deer and the deer ran up a hill and just stood there and was bleeding out. The dee`r was less than 50 yards from where I was standing and my friend shot my deer? He told me he had never seen so much blood spatter when he shot the deer. I reckon so with his chest full of blood already?

I've heard of people who say that the last person who shoots the deer owns it, but I've never personally known it to happen

 

[longcruise]

My uncle shot a nice doe on a high ridge and it fled down the side to the bottom. He made his way down there and found a couple of non res southern boys standing by his deer . They asked him if it was his deer. He thought about the uphill drag and then downhill to camp. He says "no, it's not mine, you guys should take it, there doesn't seem to be anyone around claiming it. Shame for it to go to waste." He headed back up the ridge while they happily got to field dressing. So, sometimes it's just not that important.

 

[SOLANCO]

Shot placement and your shooting ability go hand in hand. Accuracy is everything..!

Almost everything. Do not take iffy shots. Have a good sight picture on vital organs. Anything less disrespects the game and the hunt and you.

 

[longcruise]

Kinda reflecting on the topic title. Placement is always important but lacking adequate power as in projectile size and speed for the specific game can make the perfect shot placement a runner that may never been recovered. Experienced ml hunters know what is adequate for the game they hunt and overkill is never a mistake IMO.

 

[mikesto44]

Everyone needs to know there limitations. Also by what I've seen in over 60 + years. Most people can't track a wounded animal. There idea of accuracy isn't what it should be. Nor do they really understand where the vitals are on the game there after.
Last but not least there shooters not hunters. We all owe it to the animal to kill it quickly.

 

[smokepolehall]

I shot a nice fat nanny one morning high in the lungs. She ran down the hollow by my friend, he shot at her running n took out a foot n she went down. I walked up as he she her in the head n he says how do you like my Doe ? I said much better when you get her gutted n up to the cabin. You could see the pass through in lungs but he needed a deer & I had plenty in the freezer from archery season.