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Headshot's how many take them, and why?.
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<blockquote data-quote="MI.264" data-source="post: 2856140" data-attributes="member: 123058"><p>I've open this conversation in the main forum, with some interesting replies.</p><p>Head shots, or vital area?.</p><p></p><p>So this time I will Expound on the two areas, circumference of a white tail deer skull is</p><p>The average white-tailed deer skull is <strong>about 11.5 inches long and 4.5 inches wide.</strong></p><p><strong>So too be fair one could only say that the area in which you would take a head shot would be.</strong></p><p><strong>The height within the 11 inches top/bottom Middle area being ideal.</strong></p><p><strong>I find no data on the area of the skull from the back to say the area behind the eye.</strong></p><p><strong>But giving a fair estimate, I'd be ok with saying 8", So this gives you a comfortable 8"x8"</strong></p><p><strong>kill area.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The Vital area on a white tail is 10", which could penetrate the heart, but with out a doubt the lungs</strong></p><p><strong>both being kill areas.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>So my advocacy for headshots, Dead, down, on the spot, no question, no tracking and no suffering.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Vital shots, give a high percentage of kill opportunities, but a bad placed shot and your entering the guts, a bad way for an animal to die, and can take along time, sometime days.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Worst case with a head shot, you miss.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Now I'm not saying I won't take a vital shot, but given the opportunity I'll head shoot them every time.</strong></p><p><strong>If you're long distant shooting you have a sub moa. I shoot out to 700yards, and If I can't place the bullet into a 2" circle</strong></p><p><strong>then I shouldn't be spending so much time and money on equipment and reloading for perfection that when the opportunity comes I find a lack of confidence to place my shot.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>What say you.????</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MI.264, post: 2856140, member: 123058"] I've open this conversation in the main forum, with some interesting replies. Head shots, or vital area?. So this time I will Expound on the two areas, circumference of a white tail deer skull is The average white-tailed deer skull is [B]about 11.5 inches long and 4.5 inches wide. So too be fair one could only say that the area in which you would take a head shot would be. The height within the 11 inches top/bottom Middle area being ideal. I find no data on the area of the skull from the back to say the area behind the eye. But giving a fair estimate, I'd be ok with saying 8", So this gives you a comfortable 8"x8" kill area. The Vital area on a white tail is 10", which could penetrate the heart, but with out a doubt the lungs both being kill areas. So my advocacy for headshots, Dead, down, on the spot, no question, no tracking and no suffering. Vital shots, give a high percentage of kill opportunities, but a bad placed shot and your entering the guts, a bad way for an animal to die, and can take along time, sometime days. Worst case with a head shot, you miss. Now I'm not saying I won't take a vital shot, but given the opportunity I'll head shoot them every time. If you're long distant shooting you have a sub moa. I shoot out to 700yards, and If I can't place the bullet into a 2" circle then I shouldn't be spending so much time and money on equipment and reloading for perfection that when the opportunity comes I find a lack of confidence to place my shot. What say you.????[/B] [/QUOTE]
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