no matter how good a shot you are, you can't control the deer from moving a split second before you fire.
For experienced shooters the neck shot is ok but for experienced shooters and even then I would recommend a good solid rest!There are to many variables in a neck shot that to attempt one with a bow would be wrong.
with a rifle, and if the deer is presenting a good shot, i will shoot them in the neck. i usually try to hit at the base of the neck. they don't run from that shot. but, i am very confident shooting my rifle. although sometimes i do get excited. lol, have to calm myself down for the neckshot.
Ahh! I see what you mean. I wouldn't attempt that shot with a bow. No way!. But I did do it with my .30 .06. It was doe days last year and I was walking to my spot. It was a little windy that day and I walked up on a doe feeding. There was some high grass between me and her and she didn't see me.
So I set my stuff down quietly and actually had to chamber a round cause I was walking with an empty gun. You ever see that movie Desparado where Antionio Banderas is behind the bar and had to reload his gun when the guy was right there next to him, well that's how I felt. Expcept I didn't get to be with Salma Hayek.
Anyway... I chambered a round and aimed right for the neck. She couldn't have been more than 10 yards from me. Pulled the trigger and she dropped. My hunt was pretty much done before I even got setup.
But back to the original topic, there is too much margin for error taking head/neck shots with a bow. Vitals are the way to go.
I neck shoot everything under 50 yards(with a rifle). Makes them DRT (dead right there)
