Have you ever shot a deer in the vital? So you think, this article is going to Show you the Best Shot Placement To Hit Deer Vitals! Are you tired of shooting deer and thinking that it was a good shot, but you are 300-yards into the track and you are only finding little specs of blood. This could be cause by a few things, and they are all covered in the information below.

This is “The Best Shot Placement To Hit Deer Vitals Every time | Never Miss Again!” You will learn how to hit the deer vitals on every shot and what you can do to prevent any errors! This is a must read article if you are a hunter, because everyone could use some refreshening & There are some tips down below that you might not know!

Lets take a Deeper look into The Best Shot Placement To Hit Deer Vitals Every time…

 

Where Are The Deer Vitals?

The deer vitals are located just behind the front shoulders of the deer. This is where the Heart, Lung, and Liver are located. The Heart and lungs are the most vital organs in a deer, if they are damaged significantly (Shot with bullet or arrow), it can cause a lot of blood loss, and or suffocation. This will lead to a quick death.

The ideal plan would be to shoot the deer while it is broadside. This gives you the best opportunity to hit the heart, lungs, or the liver. You will have a better chance to get a pass through, and leads to a quick and ethical death.

There are a few other shot placements that will kill a deer, but they aren’t as ethical as the Heart, Lungs, and liver. These placements are: Heads Shots, and Spine shots, thesis shot will kill a deer, but aiming for these specific areas could easily lead to a bad hit and cause the animal to suffer.

I recommend not taking these shots, but if you are going to please make sure that you are 100% confident that you will put a lethal shot on the animal! In this Article we are going to focus on shooting the vitals, to give you the best chance at successfully & Ethically killing the Buck of your Dreams!

Deer Vitals Anatomy

It is very Important to have a good idea about a deers anatomy, because it is important in knowing where and when to shoot. You should also know your weapon, and that capabilities that it has. A shot that would be okay with a gun might not be ethical with a bow.

Something that you have to watch out for is the notorious shoulder blade. This provides protection to the deers organs. With a bow this could make a huge difference in penetration and possibly hitting or not hitting the vitals. It would be ideal for the deer to have its front leg forward when shooting, because that exposes a clear shot to all of the Key Vitals!

Key Vitals:

1.Heart— The heart is by far the best vital to aim for! The initial reaction from the deer will be a big kick! The deer shouldn’t Make it out of your line of sight, before going down. The arrow or blood trail will be a bright read color. You don’t need to wait more than 15-30 minutes to go and get the deer, if you watched it go down.

2.Lungs– This is the 2nd best vital to hit as a deer hunter! The first reaction will be another kick from the deer, and it will either walk away or most likely sprint for a short distance and then stop and fall over. Your arrow will be soaked in an almost pink color, with bubbles all over the arrow! The deer shouldn’t run much further than 150-yards. Wait. for about an hour and check to make sure the blood is a bright pink color, and that it is a good blood trail.

3. Liver- The Liver shot is still a vital shot, but it is the worst vital to hit compared to the lungs & Heart. The first reaction from the deer will be similar to a lung shot deer. It will most likely slowly walk away after running a short distance. The deer will travel up to a 1/4 of a mile before bedding down, but it is likely that it will bed down with in 200-yards. The arrow will be soaked in dark red blood, and the blood trail will be droplets. Give the deer at least 5-12 hours, and you will most likely find it in the first spot that it bedded.

 

Broadside Shots

This is the best position to shoot a deer in. You have a better chance to hit the vitals, and the best chance to get a full pass through!

TIP: Pick a small area inside of the vitals to aim for! This will help you to be more accurate, and make hitting the vitals no problem. “Aim Small, Miss Small.”

Just by shifting your mental image to a small area will help you to be more accurate. You need to remember that the smaller the deer, the smaller the vitals will be.

 

Quartering Away Shots

This is probably tied for the best shot, with the broadside shot. This is a great angle to hit the lungs and the heart, as long as the deer isn’t quartering away too severely. When the deer is quartering away, it actually opens up the vitals a good bit. You have a lower chance to get a full pass through, but you should get enough penetration to hit the key vitals.

 

Straight ON Shot

I don’t recommend this shot, there is a lot of things that can go wrong for you to wound the deer, or to miss completely. Don’t get me wrong, these shots can be made, but the likely hood of you successfully doing it is significantly lower than any other position. Every ethical hunter wants a great shot and for the deer to go down quickly. At this shot angle the arrow is forced to go through a lot of tissue and fat in order to reach the vitals.

The blood trail at this angle is hit or miss, because most of the bleeding is internally. You will just have to teach for the body of the deer, and the likely hood of finding it doing that is very slim.

Up/Down Hill Shots

When bow hunting from a treestand or in areas where the terrain has massive inclines or declines (Hills), you may need to change the area to aim. When you are up in a 20-ft treestand and shooting 20-yards, that is a steep angle and you will need to aim at a different area on the deer. The best way to feel comfortable in this situation is by practicing. If you practice soo much that you feel very comfortable, you will feel much more confident when it comes time to shooting that Big Buck at a steep angle.

Passing through

Getting your arrow to pass through a deer gives you a significant increase to successfully killing & finding the deer! The worst enemy to a complete pass through is the shoulder blade! with a gun you are likely to have a pass through every shot, but with a bow the story is a little difference. Again, you need to know the capabilities of your weapon.

With a complete pass through you will have a great blood trail, and most likely a short track job. A lot has to do with the speed of your bow, and the size of your Broadheads/Arrows. If you are shooting a larger cutting diameter broadhead, then your penetration will most likely be less. Shooting a smaller cutting diameter broadhead will give you more penetration.

 

Aiming low is Normally the Best

By aiming at the lower 1/3 of the deers vitals, you will ensure a safe and vital shot. Why should you aim Low you ask? You should aim low because the sound from your bow releasing the arrow will reach the deers ears before the actual arrow reaches the deer (sound travels faster than the arrow). This allows the deer to “Jump” your arrow, this is where the deer ducks down to get into an explosive position to run.  This is Just like a track sprinter, starting in the down position and exploding up, or basketball players springing up to dunk the ball.

By aiming low, you are ensuring a safe shot even if the deer ducks the arrow. Sometimes the deer won’t  react at all until your arrow has already passed through the deer! This is a perfect scenario, and it won’t play out like this most of the time, but that is why we want to aim at the bottom 1/3 of the vitals.

You can tell how the deer is going to react by the body language. Is the deer alert? Is it just walking by? If it is inside of 20-yards you won’t have to stress over this rule, but anything outside of that the deer can duck your Arrow. The deer could also drop just enough that you miss the vitals.

 

Making the Shot!

There are a lot of factors that you need to consider before taking a shot in the field or woods. You have to look out for leafs, Branches, Tall grass, and other Vegitation between you and the deer. This can cause your arrow to deflect off of its original path. This could wound the deer or in the best case scenario miss the deer completely! Considering these factors before

Now you Know The Best Shot Placement To Hit Deer Vitals Every time! All you have to know is where to aim, what obstacles could effect your shot, the body language of the deer, and the best position to shoot the deer in.

Do you have any Questions? Please leave them in the comments! If you have any additional information that you would like to add, please also comment down below!