Probably shocked the spine. Too bad she didn't hit the spine, or she'd probably recovered it. Shots entering high in the vitals are not the best placed shots, IMHO. I placed a roundball like that on the first muzzleloader deer I ever shot, and lost him. Just this year a friend of mine lost a very good 5X5 that I had scouted for him after placing a shot just like that. He wasn't shooting PB's either. I think itwasa 140 grain, anyway I know270 which failed to get him. We searched for him into the night and most of the following day. We found where he first stopped, coughing blood, and followed his trail through a dry sandy creek bed where his front left hoof was dragging. We lost the trail when it left the creek bed and never recovered the trail.

Its too bad she lost that deer, but considering the placement,to be fairit could have happened with any bullet or high-powered rifle.