Deer Hunting Tips: Shot Placement

Here are some deer hunting tips on where to shoot the deer. Taking a shot has a lot to do with the position of the deer facing you. You want a clean, quick kill. A wounded deer suffers unnecessary pain, and is more difficult to recover. That’s why you need to know the deer’s anatomy- out of respect for the animal, and to bag the deer more efficiently.

Shots with a bow are less powerful than with a rifle. This means with a bow you have to be more accurate as the rib cage can deflect your shot away from the vital organs.

As always, know what your target is and what lies beyond it.

+ broadside

The ideal shot. Aim behind the front leg and below the shoulder.

+ quartering away

Good shot. Aim so that the arrow passes through to the opposite front leg.

-frontal shot

Likely to be deflected by rib cage due to angle

-rear shot

irresponsible, almost guarantees wounding

-quartering towards

the vitals are protected by the shoulder blade and front leg

Study the deer’s anatomy. Taking out both lungs, the heart, the liver or the spine will result in a clean kill. Hitting the neck is more risky, but also works.

Deer Hunting Tips: Recommended Resource

There’s a lot of deer hunting tips out there, but how do you tell which ones actually work?  If you have a couple of minutes take a look at the blurb for this ebook.  An old hunter friend of mine showed me his copy and I was amazed at how detailed and powerful the tips were.  I’d recommend it to any hunter as a great guide for everything deer hunting is about.

Here’s the link, so you can see for yourselves: Deer Hunting Ebook

23 Essential Deer Hunting Tips

Here are 23 deer hunting tips that will help you to bag that buck. Some of these you’ll already know, some will be new. But as a great hunter told me, reading deer hunting tips is not so much about learning, but being reminded. Here we go:

1. Know animal’s anatomy before you hunt
2. Don’t set up a trail camera facing the rising or setting sun
3. Watch the wind
4. Always wear a safety harness when you go up a tree
5. Aim for shoulder area to hit lungs and heart
6. Bathe in non-scented soap
7. Use non-scented deodorant
8. Keep hunting clothes in sealed containers away from your household odor
9. Coat broadheads in petroleum jelly to prevent rust
10. Being in a stand makes it harder for bow hunters to shoot vital areas because of the raised angle
11. Use a stand to avoid deer’s line of sight
12. Going to your stand or blind in the dark use a dim red light
13. Use petroleum jelly mixed with cover scent to lubricate the noisy metal parts of your treestand
14. Make sure your camo paint is dull, not shiny
15. Try not to have any sharp creases in your clothes
16. Watch for deer’s ear to twitch
17. Let the game come to you. Place treestands and blinds 20 yrds downwind of active game trails
18. If you are close you can go for a neck shot
19. Ideally shoot the deer only when it is broadside and still
20. Set up multiple stand locations, the choose the one that suits the wind for the day
21. Set up multiple stand locations, the choose the one that suits the wind for the day
22. Use a stand to get a better view of surroundings
23. Going to your stand shuffle your feet so give the impression that you are a smaller animal

These are just a few deer hunting tips to get you started. Enjoy!

Deer Hunting Tips

Welcome to this new blog about deer hunting tips.  I’ll post up some essential content in a bit.  I hope you find something useful to improve your hunt.  I know I did.