The Perfect Shot, North America: Shot Placement for North American Big Game

by Craig Boddington

This book shows actual in the field photographs that visually indicate where on the animal you must shoot to get that perfect shot. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571572678
• ISBN13: 9781571572677
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Safari Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.9" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Read this before you go hunting

Study this book if you want to make a clean and humane kill on just about any big game in North America. A must have educational tool. Very good graphics plainly showing the vitals of game, even at different shot angles.

Outstanding!

Wow! I bought this book because I am about to go on a muskox hunt and wanted guidance on shot placement. I had seen it recommended on a hunter's discussion forum. I didn't expect much, perhaps a few black and white photos and brief text on low grade paper. When the book arrived, I was amazed. This is a high quality printing with all photos in color - both of the animals and of their surroundings. The pictures for illustrating shot placement are better than anything I have seen before. It has illustrations of each animal's skeleton, heart and lungs superimposed on a color photo. In addition there is another color photo with just simple dots showing where to place your shot. This is a must have for big game hunters. The quality is so high that it qualifies as a "coffee table" book (if your friends aren't squeamish about such things - if they are, you need to find new friends) :-)

Know exactly where to place your shot

I have used this book on helping 1st time hunters on elk, and bison make the shot that will cleanly take the animal. It shows both external and internal views so that you can understand why and where to place your shot. A must have for new and old hunters that want that one shot one kill record.

Must Read

For anybody who is presently hunting big game and all those who are thinking about it should make this book a must read. It really helps you to understand the anatomy of the animals you are hunting and prepares you to make more of your shots Kill Shots. Excellent reading.

Indispensable

If you are a hunter, you must have this book. Although not cheap, it is worth every penny. The graphics alone are worth the price of admission. Each chapter includes numerous photographs, including photographs of animals in the positions hunters are most likely to see them. Graphic overlays showing the skeletal structure and location of brain, heart and lungs are then shown, with dots showing correct shot placement. Understanding precisely where to place your shot, and most importantly, how point of aim changes depending on the angle at which you are viewing your quarry (for example, depending upon whether you are hunting from a tree stand or are level with the animal) is absolutely essential. But this book doesn't end with fancy graphics. Each species is covered in detail, with discussions of how the animal is hunted, the best equipment for the hunt, and Boddington's personal experiences hunting that animal. This book is an important reference work. It is also extremely readable for the pure enjoyment of General Boddington's stories. All hunters can learn from this book.