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I avoid neck shots because margins are too small. Same goes for low heart shots. A broadside shot that penetrates both shoulders is the surest thing to put a game down quickly. The lungs (and probably arteries) will be destroyed and game seldom runs far with both broken shoulders.
Shots from oblique angles pose difficulty depending on how sharp is the angle. From rear I align crosshair on off front leg. Good penetrating bullet is needed because in some angles it has to go through the stomach. It is easier from the right side because you may hit liver, which is always fatal. From the front it means shooting at the point of the shoulder, where the bone is most massive. Again the bullet must be up to this. When the angle is really sharp – the animal is actually facing you – then all you can do is to “cut the throat” by shooting at the base of the neck. Maybe tricky some time.
Roman
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