with a riffel
2006-09-28 22:44:59 · 21 answers · asked by fishing 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
In the city zoo is the best place for a quick hunt....with a riffel!
2006-09-29 06:58:16 · answer #1 · answered by exert-7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most go for the chest or head, but I'll offer a third option: the neck.
The neck of a deer is a delicate structure, consisting of spine, major blood vessels, throat, and little else. As a result, a good hit to the neck will drop the animal quickly. A miss, unlike a chest shot, though, will miss the animal entirely. Miss the vital zone on a chest shot and you've just wounded the deer - perhaps fatally, perhaps not. I like the neck shot because of the reduced risk of causing needless suffering to the animal.
2006-09-29 09:23:06 · answer #2 · answered by Manevitch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heart lung area or the neck. Don't ever take a head shot. If you miss the brain you risk a painful slow death or wounding. I found a deer with it's jaw shot off that obviously died of starvation. I also know a guy who tried to shoot one between the eyes and because of the angle, the bullet ricocheted of of the deers forehead. (Remember that a good shot to the lungs will not ruin any meat, most deer butchers will discard the entire rib cage they won't tell you this unless you ask specifically for the ribs)
2006-09-29 09:50:05 · answer #3 · answered by Barry M 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends how big of a deer you want. If you go to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or any of those suburban eastern states, they have immense deer populations....but they're all small and runty. Go up to Maine, and you'll have less deer, but they're bigger.
But maybe you should have some hunting knowledge and proper gun handling training before going out. One of the basic things is knowing what you're shooting with. I don't know anyone that shoots with a "riffel". Most people I know use a "rifle".
2006-09-29 18:56:20 · answer #4 · answered by Jamie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In his vitals heart lungs or brain. Head shot not recommended if you are mounting the deer. Shooting deer with Polaroid also not recommended, Polaroids do not taste very good.
2006-09-29 06:20:04 · answer #5 · answered by lgh304fremont 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
the largest target is the heart/lung area just behind the front shoulder about a third of the way down from its back...head shots, while lethal, are not recommended because he target area is so small (a deer's brain is only about the size of a baseball)...unless you are at point blank range, go for the heart/lung area
2006-09-29 08:19:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Kill zone has been pretty well defined, head shots or directly befind the shoulder. Pick up any outdoor life or field and stream magazine and there will be a diagram somewhere in it showing vitals
2006-09-29 06:01:47 · answer #7 · answered by CJ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Northern Minnesota or Wisconsin
2006-09-29 17:18:23 · answer #8 · answered by Papa John 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the woods! Check out the state game lands nearest you.
2006-09-29 12:18:50 · answer #9 · answered by tackelberry88 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best place is in the neck. Less meat is ruined and it is about as instantaneous and humanly as is possible.
Happy hunting.
H
2006-09-29 12:13:23 · answer #10 · answered by H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋