If its legal, I won't judge another hunter's ethics. I've taken a few head shots. I've taken a few neck shots. I take mostly shots to the center of the chest. It depends on the gun, the rest, the range, how settled the deer looks, and how hard a tracking job might be if the deer runs 100 yards from a chest shot. I learned that nothing puts deer down like a 125 Nosler Ballistic Tip in the shoulder blade. And if a less than perfect shot misses the shoulder blade, the deer might run 50 yards on average. Yes, the shoulder shot ruins a bit of meat, but I believe a deer on the ground is worth two in the bush, and the meat wasted in 20 shoulder shots is a better deal than one long tracking job which may or may not result in meat.
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