I'm glad you got the doe and I'm sure it tastes great. Not trying to be a S.A.!

We're obviously having a difficulty in describing/understanding where and how this deer was struck. Now you said "broadside or slightly quartering to" in your original post, 30' up at 25yds in another. Did you hit high? low? If that arrow tucked in behind the shoulder blade then angled through the lung, liver, and stomach, I can't see how it hit the heart. If it happened to tuck in front of the shoulder blade(between the brisket and the point of the shoulder), well then, at that angle it makes sense..Let's try this again..

~Will Hunt For Food~