What they are actually seeing is a (high shoulder shot) and the actual reason for the deer dropping is not because it was hit in the shoulder. It was because there is a major nerve (slightly above yet slightly behind) the top of the shoulder blade.This areais literally rittled with mass quantities of connecting tissues that possesmanynerves. If this area is hit, it will cause the deer to drop immediately (actually paralyzing the deer)
Not to mention that the spine dips down and sits directly behind the shoulder of a deer. I know there is a lot of connective and nerve things going on in this joint but I would think that the massive amount of energy released into a should blade would have a 'Short circuit' affect on the entire CNS due more in part to the location of the spinal cord in relation to that bone?
Since many gun hunters are shooting from eye level that puts the results of a direct shoulder hit in line with the spine as well.
Thoughts? I'm not a big gun hunter but I always thought that the deer dropping from a shoulder shot was a result of the affect on the CNS thru the spinal column itself.
(Buckstalker, sorry that it seems like I keep finding your posts to debate!
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And I agree with everyone, shoulder shot with a bow..........BAD. Why take a shot where you may or may not kill the animal cleanly when only a few inches away is a target much larger and that with a quality broadhead and sufficient penetration you are almost guaranteed of a quick and humane kill?
Avoid as much bone as possible and shoot em' in the lungs everytime.