My brother took his first deer with me Sunday morning in Southern nh. I scouted out a spot for us and a good place to sit Saturday afternoon. Got in there 20 minutes before legal light and got him set up. Best hiding spot was a prone position rather than sitting against a tree. I've shot prone position a million times on the army but never shot a deer from the prone position. He did shoot a spike buck from the prone.......put a nice shot in the vital area but a scooch high. Deer went right down and was paralyzed but still trying to get up using its front legs. We quickly put him down humanely of course. Examination if the shot after field dressing showed an upward wound tract angle that hit one lung and then the spine. Prone position.....shooting at an upward angle should have been a lower aim point is what we learned.
Just putting this out there for the nes hunters to ponder.
Just putting this out there for the nes hunters to ponder.