I prefer avoiding the shoulder, but whatever. The off side shoulder on an angle away shot works well.. I love cns if I can get it. In open country I usually go for just behind the shoiulder. In dense timber I prefer a cns if possible, but a shoulder shot will work- preferably high shoulder/spine.

Once on a moose about to leave Dodge, a spruce covered him all the way back to behind his ribs. 250 grains into the spine just forward of the pelvis cost me about 5 lbs of backstrap, but the other 500 lbs of meat ate just fine. The follow up shot to the head at 5 feet cost me no meat at all. I'd have done the head shot from farther away, but the deadfall/grass crap was that thic and tall......

What placement I choose depends largely on the situation at the moment, but I usually take the first most certain shot that I can get.

Nice tiger EDM..... smile



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Last edited by las; 09/10/19.
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