Shot placement

[Hedgelj]

It's continually amazing how few hunters realize this concept.

Look at the threads on the tracking dogs and drones for countless examples.

Then I'm on a Facebook group for the 350 legend and even though there are multiple harvest photos of moose and even a buffalo people are constantly blaming the round for long tracking and poor blood trails. Today for example the person was upset that a single lung shot didn't have much blood and was an almost 200 yard track.

We owe it to the animals we hunt and the nonhunters to do better.

 

[LonewolfNopack]

I agree 100%. I have a drone and im already sick of looking at wounded deer with it. Sometimes we do everything right and shit happens, and I love helping those folks out, or trying to at least. Other times people just take dumbass shots that should have never even been attempted. A live animal isn't your target range! People don't realize how long these animals will go if both lungs aren't collapsed. Sometimes even when both lungs ARE collapsed! I have to wonder how many of these wounded deer I have found or not been able to locate due to the animal still being alive and traveling long distances, end up eventually dying. I already have received one confirmation of that. It makes me sick to think of them suffering this whole time. And for goodness sake, stay away from the shoulder! Wounding and losing deer is inevitable and happens to us all, myself included, but it should not be happening at the rate that it currently is.

 

[Big_Holla]

Even when shooting my 12 ga. w/rifled barrel I always wait for that broadside or slightly quarter away shot and still put it through the ribs. Mostly because I like to actually butcher (and use) the meat on the shoulders but I also know that should be a dead deer no matter what.

 

[xbowguy]

Get Away From The Shoulder!

Stay Away From The Shoulder!

Don't Even Look At The Shoulder!

 

[xbowguy]

JMO .350 is NOT an "area" gun. It's more suited for precision shots...not knockdown shots. Heart (only if angle is perfect) or lungs.

 

[CJD3]

I took my grandson out this morning for his first deer hunt. Although we saw half a dozen, we kept getting winded and there were no good broad side or quartering away shots. It was a teaching opportunities because he kept thinking if u see a deer, shoot!

The lesson of shot placement was explained a couple of times after each time we were busted.
I can almost always kill a deer but the field experience he got this morning was priceless.

 

[Hedgelj]

I took my grandson out this morning for his first deer hunt. Although we saw half a dozen, we kept getting winded and there were no good broad side or quartering away shots. It was a teaching opportunities because he kept thinking if u see a deer, shoot!

The lesson of shot placement was explained a couple of times after each time we were busted.
I can almost always kill a deer but the field experience he got this morning was priceless.

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priceless knowledge and memories in this post

 

[Hedgelj]

JMO .350 is NOT an "area" gun. It's more suited for precision shots...not knockdown shots. Heart (only if angle is perfect) or lungs.

concur

i have told people that if they are only used to shotgun slugs or muzzleloaders that they should go 450, if you're a bow hunter and know shot placement (though yours and other threads have proven bowhunters don't necessarily know this) then the 350 is a good round.

I wouldn't dream of using the 350 in a deer drive situation with running shots and challenging angles.

 

[giles]

99% of the time the weapon is the point of blame. This goes with crimes, bows or anything else that a weapon is used. When in reality, it's the dumbass behind it. Ask any poacher what his weapon of choice is, I'd put money on it that it is small caliber. Likely a 22 LR.

 

[Smawgunner2]

Knock on wood I’ve never lost an animal but in the last 9 years on my property , I’ve found 3 nice bucks that have found there way over and died after being shot.