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One of my favorite places to hunt Whitetail would be a perfect place to Utilize the High shoulder Shot, But i stil can’t make myself do it.
I am already looking Down in an Ole Logging Cut here, 99% of the Deer i see here Pop out on the Far Tree line, Which is Quite the Drag out as is. That Tree line is also a REALLY STEEP Bank line, it Drops straight down to a Creek bottom about 200 or more Feet. EVERY Deer i have killed here end up Down there
Here i am at the VERY Bottom with a Buck, This one actually got across the Creek, i had to Wade over and Drag him across, I usually shoot right before Dark (Typical Stand hunting Whitetail) By the time i get a Deer Dragged up out of this HELL Hole, then Across the Old Cut Bottom, and UP to my Truck, it’s WELL after Dark. A Head Lamp is part of my Gear
This is why i do it though, I like to Eat the Front Shoulders, It is REALLY DIFFICULT for me to make a Shoulder Shot, I was taught from a little Boy to Shoot just behind the Front leg, Through the Lungs. The Reason i am Hunting is to Eat the Meat from the Deer or Elk i harvest. There is a LOT of good Meat on the Front Shoulders, a Shoulder Shot usually destroys the Majority of it
I think f I was shooting deer at the red arrow and seeing them head back into the timber I'd be bringing that rig with the plow [sans the plow] to do the pulling.