Close up Deer and Shot Placement

[Big Jack]

No at 70 yards I wouldn't have used it in the first place. Too much can go wrong - IMO

Mike the arrogance I speak of is the blanket statement that a spine shot kills instantly every time guaranteed. That deer I mention above had its spine severed and lived till I put one more at the only target it provided. Exactly opposite of your claim.

While its a kill shot, given target size I would not consider a neck shot to be a high percentage target. In other words its easy to miss and given the fact deer can move so quickly, it can and will happen. I'm not saying never do them either.... Great if you have compliant pet deer and have the skill to do it right every time.

I am not a sharp shooter so I will continue putting one in the boiler room every time if possible. It puts meat on my table and for the record most are DRT and very few run on me.

To the OP

At short ranges the heart and lungs offer the best bet to put meat on the table - IMO. Don't have to get fancy, they aren't hard to kill.

[blasted_saber]

My first deer I shot was a spine shot. Iy dropped in its tracks but was still very alive when I got to it.

Ive also taken the heart completely out of a doe and she ran 100m before dropping

You asked and answered your own question Jack....as I said in my post to Fox...it's all about the recovery...why take a shot when chances are it will run... over a shot when you know they won't..

Oh...and yes I will disagree..if you sever the spine of a deer it will literally drop dead...100% guaranteed.