How many of you believe there is a "dead zone" in a deer's chest cavity? I'm talking about an area above the lungs and below the spine where an arrow an actually penetrate all the way thru and not kill the deer.
In the last 3 years Ihave seen 2 instances where this happened. Both bucks were shot during bow season and not recovered only to be killedwith a muzzleloader later by the same hunter thathad put an arrow thruthem earlier. Both haddistinct broadhead cuts in the hide on each side and one was shot thru one lung and that lung had begun toattach itself to the ribcage on that side. This buck was killed while chasing a doe nonetheless.
Maybe some of our shots aren't as far off as we sometimes believe. These are tuff animals!

xbowbarry