Shot deer through head?

[DrHappy]

Im guessing this belongs in the bug section. I have shot a few deers spot on the head from a not too far away distance and each time they just flee. Does this game take wind into account? If not, then I don't understand how they could have survived clean shots straight to the head from pretty close distance. :/ Maybe somebody more experienced than me can enlighten me.

[AeroMeks]

The game does take wind into account but it shouldn't have too much of an effect if you are using a rifle. It isn't advised to go for headshots because the bullet usually gets deflected off the skull. Lung/heart shots are the best for taking an animal down. Spine shots will also take the animal down quickly in this game but are frowned upon by most hunters.

[DrHappy]

Ok, thanks for your quick reply. I can understand that bullets can get deflected, but for a rifle bullet to get reflected from a relative close range when aiming for the head is, to me very strange. It makes no sense to me at all. IRL if you were to shoot a deer within 20 metres or so with a rifle and aiming STRAIGHT at the head, the deer would die instantly, wouldn't it? I thought this game was about realism. Maybe I was wrong :/

[Rickenbacker]

Headshots are frowned upon IRL too, as they often cause horrific damage without being lethal. The brain is small, and the skull can deflect bullets, so the chance of a headshot killing something is actually pretty low.

[DrHappy]

I didn't know that. Thanks for clarifying.

[Jeo Nugu]

I found a bugged roe deer doe that was just standing still, allowed me to walk right up, so I shot it in the head from a distance of about 3 feet... it stumbled, then stood still again with it's head down. So I fired 10 more rounds into it at various points on the body, including 5 to the rib cage... then it finally darted off into the woods and didn't leave ANY tracks. Nice, devs. Real nice. Maybe for your next trick you can release a working game.

[WINTERSTELLAR]

There's a limit to everything, you won't tell me that a 7MM wouldn't one shot an elk at 30 meters if you aim for the head.

[Maxillius]

There are a difference between headshots and brain shots

Depends on the penetration of your bullet into the brain how far the niamal will run with a diff caliber just the Mechanicsof the game

Regards
Max

[Hesgad]

Dont shoot at any animals head just look how tiny the brain is...chance is youll just break his jaw which would not result in a kill but if you dont find it to end his suffering it would starve to death

[wordagar]

I was taught IRL never take a headshot for 2 reasons. 1 the head shot will rarely drop an animal..they have very hard heads and 2 and more importantly the trophy on any of these animals IS the head and antlers