I am also a firm believer in "No man's land"

I've hit a deer in this spot. The arrow stayed in the deer.So, I saw exactly where it hit.I watched the deer go for abot75 yards.Fletching sticking out one side and the broadhed sticking out the other. I could hear the arrow hitting on twigs and brush as the deer trotted away.I was young and was using a Bear Whitetail bow. The shot was good left to right but a little too high. I, my father and some friends trailed the deer a long, long way. I'd guess a half mile but that was over 20 years ago. There wasn't much of a blood trail just a few drops here and there.

Most guys gut a deer with it on its back. Gravity causes the lungs to lay against the spine. They see this and assume that there is no " No man's land". If a deer is on the hoof and alive, gravity would cause the lungs to hang down. I believe if the lungs are deflated as a deer exhales, this would cause an arrow to pass through and not cause a vital hit.