2025 Hunting Season

[RL338]

My fiancé’s son got a dandy WV 8 point this morning. 6.5 Grendel and 105 grain cutting edge Maximus bullet sitting on top ove Leverevolution. Bullet in the crease of the shoulder, buck ran about 50 yards and nose dived. Exited through the off side ribs.

Fine looking buck , nice tall rack. Congrats to him.

 

[JD338]

My fiancé’s son got a dandy WV 8 point this morning. 6.5 Grendel and 105 grain cutting edge Maximus bullet sitting on top ove Leverevolution. Bullet in the crease of the shoulder, buck ran about 50 yards and nose dived. Exited through the off side ribs.

That's a big beautiful buck. Congratulations to your fiance's son.

JD338

 

[JMRhino]

I've heard about this high shoulder shot. What zone exactly are you aiming at? I've looked at some videos online but nothing specifically outlines where you should aim. I understand if you are too high it's non lethal and there is a zone between typical vital shot and the high shoulder zone that can be non lethal as well.

Your face is so expressionless, i can't tell if you're excited about the harvest or not haha

In this specific scenario, I couldn't see all of his vitals due to the terrain and brush. I took what he gave me within the ethical limits. It was only an approximate 140-yard shot while supported with shooting sticks, so I felt confident enough to take the shot.

It's my understanding that the "high shoulder" shot should be centered on the scapula which is the juncture of several critical structure elements such as the spine and main leg bones. It's not necessarily my preferred shot but does seem effective with my Barnes load. In my opinion, there does seems to be a smaller margin of error than the traditional "behind the shoulder/lungs" shot...

 

[Blkram]

In this specific scenario, I couldn't see all of his vitals due to the terrain and brush. I took what he gave me within the ethical limits. It was only an approximate 140-yard shot while supported with shooting sticks, so I felt confident enough to take the shot.

It's my understanding that the "high shoulder" shot should be centered on the scapula which is the juncture of several critical structure elements such as the spine and main leg bones. It's not necessarily my preferred shot but does seem effective with my Barnes load. In my opinion, there does seems to be a smaller margin of error than the traditional "behind the shoulder/lungs" shot...

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I have used the high shoulder shot effectively for years where I need to anchor the animal in its tracks to keep it from getting into rough/steep/deep terrain that will make extraction more difficult. Note, that this is not my preferred shot placement...I still prefer the double lung shot to any other for quick, clean kills with less meat damage and short follow up, if they run at all.

 

[sako2]

Shot a meat deer today. Handloaded 143gn eld-x over Rl26 and fed 210 primer. From a 6.5 prc. DRT.