I have seen a buck shot in the neck with a 30.06 that ran off , never to be found, then shot by my ex-mother-in-law, about 1/2 mile away from where her brother-in-law had shot it. She shot and killed it about 5 or 6 days after he had shot it and the neck had a nasty looking wound that was starting to heal over. The deer seemed fine according to her.

They are amazing animals.