Maybe, it is luck but i have not had to track a deer that i shotmore than 50 yards in 40 years. Pick my shots and most drop where they stood. My doe this year was a neck shot and sheinstantly died. The buck was shot at 160 yards with my .50 M/L through the upper leg/lower shoulder and went 50 yeads befor i could get down and shoot him again.

i have helped other folks track wounded deer. Worst case was a buck in WV that we tracked about 3.5 miles through the snow before getting him.