I have learned a lot from this experience. I can assure you all that I will never make this mistake again. The thing was that I had never really discussed this shot with experienced hunters before. So I figured that if I aim towards the vitals between the shoulder blades I would have an easy kill. I consider myself educated on this subject and will not attempt it ever again. Just to let you guys know this deer did travel a very long way. He ran for like 100 yards and then began walking and spewing massive amounts of blood. When I found the area that he lost a lot of blood I thought I had a sure kill. After tracking it a lot further the blood trail thinned to nothing. I followed the blood trail for well over .5 mile. I have never had to track a deer this far before. I appreciate everyones comments. I had a feeling I would get this type of reaction out of people.