yep, it boils down sometimes to more than hitting the right organs, but hitting the major artieries and veins in them....deer do not travel w/o blood.

Sometimes you just get one that leaves you scratching your head....I have seen a double lung(not centered though) go half a mile and a liver+1 lungshot deer go a little farther than that. I have also seen several liver shot deer go<100 yards.

congrats to the neighbor, I am glad he kept with it.