headshot vs vitals

Originally Posted By: calling4lifeIn all seriousness, I'm not a fur hunter, so I'll try and break both shoulders while hitting the lungs if possible. I have no qualms about trying to make his head into a canoe though.
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And like a shotgun, the rules change if you're not hunting for fur. If I wasn't hunting for fur, I'd either just use my .280 and hit him wherever I wanted to him, or I'd have an AR and use 3-shot strings.
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But, I have a neighbor that skins 'em and so I shoot for fur.

 
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Originally Posted By: emeraldterriers1my bad... hit him again ... a little higher.
The best way to stop a suicide bomber is a hit to the brainstem.
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Originally Posted By: NM_HighPlainsOriginally Posted By: 4949shooterThough I must say with a close shot on an approaching coyote I would not hesitate to aim for the head area if I were using a shotgun.

Shotgun's a different game, IMHO. If the 'yote is coming at me from 25 yds, I just aim center of his chest. Some shot's going to hit there, other's going to hit in the head- that's the way it is.

I think this is really the toughest of the bunch. Not much chest showing. I will likely get the crosshairs on him and wait for him to stop and lift his head a bit. When he does- fire! If I really have to take THIS shot, I might go over the top of his head for the back- however, that can be a messy shot that ruins prime fur if it fragments the backbone. I'm going to wait. He's gonna lift his head a little at some point or look to the side or something.
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High Plains,

This would be my head shot with a shotgun. Especially considering the fact that I mostly hunt from elevated stands here in the woods of the northeast.

 


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