Close up Deer and Shot Placement

[Rick_ca]

Ok finally got out to the small plot of land I can hunt fordeer at I had to cut downed trees to clear a lane to what looked like a trail,after putting some feed down and mounting a camera I measured distance to where I would put my blind and it was 37yrds. So I decided to go with the rifled shotgun with 3in Winchester Partition Gold and sighted it in at 30yrd (using a range finder) see pictures of results, but here’s my question where to place shot on deer I’ve read head, neck and boilerroom and now I’m in information overload. Reason why I’m asking I would like a clean kill shot and I’m confident in my own shooting abilities I just thought I would throw it out there see what everyone else thinks.
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Btw the picture came out sideways and shows my last three shots at 30 yrds

[fratri]

You want to shoot him/her right behind the shoulder....Boiler room would be correct....It will create the least amount of spoiled meat and the surest way for it to die....
Best of luck this season

[dutchhunter]

try to hit them right behind the front leg as close to the leg as you can get ,shoot for one third of the way up from the belly ,with a slug gun you can even move a little more forward and hot them right in the shoulder blade and this will put them down pretty fast still hitting the heart and lungs well breaking the bones in the shoulder ,,,,head and neck shots are for cowboys that like to show off ,,,Dutch

[GW11]

I agree with the others here... boiler room is your best bet. Gives you a little more room for error if a bit of "buck fever" kicks in. The deer may run for a little ways but they will usually go down within 100 yards or so and that slug should leave you a nice blood trail to follow.

At the risk of starting a debate, there are folks out there who are quite capable of head/neck shots with repeated success, but if you're new to deer hunting it would be best to put a few deer under your belt before you decide if that's a shot you would take.

[rackman]

Right behind the front leg half way up will put a nasty hole through both lungs if broadside

[Rick_ca]

Not new to deer hunting just this year switching over to slug barrel and 4power scope in past I used 00buck shot but with eyesight (short sighted) I'm finding it easier to use a scope.

[Deerslayer99]

Boiler room.......gives you more of an advantage of making a clean kill if your shot is off the mark a bit as there is more vitals in this area you will hit.....

[blasted_saber]

Boiler room.

Shoot the jaw off a deer and lose it, good luck sleeping after that.

[johny]

Heart/lung-- nothing else is more effective.
Neck shots can go too high-- meat and bone-- not lethal-- long run and never retrieve it.
Neck shots can go too low-- tracheal/skin hit-- they can breath through a trach hit same as a laryngeal cancer patient with a trach tube
Head shot-- they have small brains- too easy to shoot off the face or ears and still not kill-- so they run away.

Always go for the heart lung shot

[Brampton Mike]

What Dutch said....can't go wrong with a boiler room shot and if you are real luck it will drop on the spot! Good luck this coming season!