ORIGINAL: BigJ12

No need to apologize.

Itry for a complete passthrough on every shot I take at an animal, I feel that it gives you the best blood trail and tends to stop the gritter (due to blood loss) faster than a non-passthrough. Most of the time you can find your arrow and it helps if you do. By examining the blood on the arrow it will give you a good indication of where you hit the deer ie: lungs, heart, gut, etc... This will help you to figure out (amoung other things) when to start on the trail of your deer (if you didn't see him fall within sight). If you notice that your hit was not as good as you would haveliked, you can ease out of your hunting spot and come back later to start looking for your deer.

This way you won't jump your deer and cause it to run into the next county to die. Odds are on a lethal but not great hit the deer will tend to bed down close by and expire after a while. If you spook it by taking up the trail too soon the adrenalin kicks in and the deer bolts, sometimes never to be seen again.