my .338 ultra mag with 350 gainr load would make a mess out of that-reason why i drop em em with head shots-no meat damage

 

Not to **** on your parade here openclasspro but a head shot is never a good idea unless your 10 feet from the animal. ALWAYS take a heart lung shot and place it well or don't take the shot.

I've seen so many friends try the Ole head shot and say i don't want to waste the meat but a heart/lung shot wastes nothing and the animal goes right down. I seen some deer in my time with half a face from a head shot and its not pretty, Now you can surely get lucky and maybe your a sniper but IMHO a head shot is a bad shot... I use a .30 .30 winchester for deer hunting and it is plenty of gun to kill when the shot is placed as it should be.

 

my name may not be buckdropper, but every deer i have shot from my tree stand since moving back to pa in '01 from fla-has been a head shot,the deer drop instantly, not much of the head left,always within 50 yds, zero meat wasted,the black bear i shot in '05 in the mts , was a throat shot ~75 yds,looking at me perched on a giant oak stump,only thing holding head to body was fur and skin-blew the neck apart, once again no meat wasted, the 275 lb dressed bear dropeed instantly, i eat what i shoot, patient enough for the perfect shot, i'm not at antler hunter, go after the meat, i don't claim to be a sniper, but i put together a very tight group @ 100 yds, so far , ive been deadly @50 or less to the eyeball...

 

Believe me openclass i am not judging anyone and i know there are plenty of great shooters out there and you are one of them. I once shot a doe in the head with my bow/arrow because it was the only shot i had and it was at 15 yards. It went down within 25yards. I just have seen some people say a head shot is the best shot and i know their skill level is for**** for sure and i laugh at them because they contine to miss each time or they simply mame the deer..


here's to your fine shooting

 

:beers BACK AT YA BD,would really love to get back into archery hunting, but my company keeps me busy to say the least, i use to be big into it,alot of 3 d shoots, moving targets ,etc.i believe if your gonna do something do it the best you can or don't do it all,at one time i use to be able to shoot at my target at 40 yds , swing a tennis ball on a string , and hit the bullseye- dead center of the ball, took pride in that-cheers pal