My story is similar to Rob/Pabower , the first really nice 8 point I shot in Pa was a 15 yard shot , his head was down his leg was forward , broadside shot , chipshot . I released the perfect arrow right where you want it behind the shoulder about 1/2 way up , using a vortex minimax 2 inch cut 2 blade broadhead , The deer hardly reacted just started walking away I watch him walk out of sight , to my disbelief ,I tell myself that deer shold have been deed in 20 seconds, I get down to find my arrow covered in blood , and a large puddle of blood next to my arrow . I call my buddy on the radio and he gets down and we begin tracking , a 1/2 mile latter I come up on the deer still alive and put a muzzy through him , dead on the spot .I check my entrance and exit holes for the first shot and they and dead perfect , Im stumped , just goes to show you sometimes things happen that are hard to explain .

My buddies kid from up there shot a nice 8 point way back quartering to shot , 3/4 of the way up , from the ground , Not what I would consider a good shot , and the deer went down within 50 yards .

Seeing them go down is an awesome sight but does not allways happen , even on perfect shots .

The buck I shot last year , I thought I missed from his reaction , a 5 yard shot , sliced his heart , no blood , very little that is for 50 yards and then , blod eveywhere deer died 70 yards from me but was out of my sight .