this deer was shot through both shoulders, just a little lowon the exit side. i was about 30 foot high in a climbing stand and he was about 50 yards from my tree. messed him all up on the front end ,i saved only a few scraps of front shouder meat but he went in a stright line over 40 yards before falling ,i reckon the bullet didn't get no spine damage. But i was using a hog round on him 110 gr. of 777 and a 451.dia 45 cal 300 gr.speer plated softpoint. this is from last year.