I have always aimed for the double lung punch. It seems (to me) that a lot of heart shots or attempted heart shots lead to long tracks and lost deer. I haven't seen or heard of many lung punched deer makin it far. Im sure there are exceptions, but which shot are you taking any why?
No sense in making it any more difficult than it has to be. Lungs make for a good sized target. Seen it more than once where someone tried to get cute and ended up aiming small, missing small and not recovering a wounded animal.
Double lung, no doubt. I'm lazy and stupid, I go for the biggest target and the shortest track job. K.I.S.S. rule is applicable to everything I've ever tested it against.
The longest tracking job I ever had was from a perfect heart shot. I go for the double lung shot if I can.
Double lung. I know a lot of guys say they aim for the heart so if the deer ducks they still get lungs. But I still aim for an exit that leads (hopefully) to holes through both lungs.
Lungs, always lungs. Haven't read the replies yet, but a lot of people say aim small, miss small. I say aim small, miss big. So close to brisket, leg bone shooting under etc. I will say, off side shot I will aim exit on heart but not too side.
I do aim for the heart in hopes that the lungs are the insurance policy, I also use a heavy arrow just in case things go wrong and I hit bone.
You had me at heavy arrows, I aim up from the elbow, middle of the deer, not fancy, but gets the job done. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
If the heart was bigger than the lungs I would shoot for it. Plan for the best plan if an error happens. Stay away from shoulder and go for lungs.
I might be alone here, but I don't aim for either. I picture where the vitals are. The "kill zone", if you will.
to get to the heart it seems that you would have to go thru some lung....... I aim for the lungs.......likely to get some artery also with aiming for the lungs.....so kinda best of both worlds
Lower third and aim for opposite elbow, deer ducks then still double lung. If hit to high then tracking can be difficult since blood stays in chest cavity. If does not duck much then vitals hit with good blood trail
Lol, I don't recall for sure where I picked that up, I think it was in my high school vocational auto mechanics school class from the instructor there...Mr. Fegly.
I aim for the heart on shots over 30 yards due to deer having a tendency to jump the string (ducking).. I have a lot of confidence that where I aim I will hit.. My theory behind it is, if a deer jumps the string when I'm aiming for the heart I'm going to more than likely still get lungs.. If I shoot for lungs and the deer jumps the string there's a chance I could miss the vitals or potentially miss the deer all together. If it's under a 30 yard shot, I will keep it simple and aim for the lungs all day.
