35 Whalen;
Hey, I shoot Head/neck shots because I "Can" and also because I live and hunt all year around ,Hunting for a living.
I am proficient, and I use FMJs ta boot.
I hunt on open Tundra, and nothing I aim to get, gets away.
Your head shooting friend obviously didnt know what he was doing, or his eyes would have seen the "Fork" and not some 8 pointed rack....sounds like you were talking to an amature BS'r with Buck fever.
How many idiots out there missed a lung shot and blew out the guts? I have. Ive completely missed too.....LOL!..but I grew up, carried on and kept on shooting, getting better over time.
Bad shots happen, thats for sure, so Practise alot, me thinks...shoot for fun, food, and practise, reload and do it again...
How many have shot 8 point Does? thats the story I love....LOL!
Its not at all lame to shoot the head, because I dont eat it, and I throw them away with the antlers, stomache, and alot of the intestines.
I do preferr the front shoulders for eating , as the sweet , tendermeat is always by the bone, and with Caribou especially, the front shoulders are the best meat in the animal.
Lungs arn't that bad fresh, like Liver and Kidneys.
Tounge and Heart are my favorites, but I try my best not to hit the Tounge.
I also save head shots for 150yards and less. Then I shoot the neck, and beyond 300 yards, I willdo thebody shot.
Theres nothing lame about saving meat, if thats what your hunting for....then again, if I started ruining good meat, I'd just have to shoot more meat.....nawwww...
Your one experiance of another guys bad shot years ago sounds sad and a bit tramatic. I hope you get past it. If you can, try a head shot and blow the antlers off with the brains, I sure laugh when that happens
Heres a vid of a normal head shot, Sako rifle, Czech LPS