My first deer ever was a nice 9-point from the ground. He walked past me about 12-yards and I shot him at about 17 with a nice quartering angle. He hoped twice and landed with his front legs still bent. He died mid-air!
Altogether I think he went about 25-feet from impact.

Other than that, I hit one with a spine-shot at about 15-feet. I also hit the aortic(sp?) artery that runs along the spine. I still put another through the lungs, but he would have been gone in about the same amount of time. It was all over inlittle overa minute.