YES I shot this deer high,but it was an offhanded,standing up shot at a 135 inch 10 point that I spotted as I came out of the woods,it was late muzzle loader season with a couple of days to hunt,so I decided to try to sneak up on him 300 yards out in the field,I crawled about 200 yards in the wet pasture,and when I got close enough I couldn't see him without standing straight up so that was all I had no rest in a open field,and my shooting sticks were to short,I had been hunting all season for a nice buck,so I decided to take a shot at him,I thought he was about 150yards or so and held a little to high,I figured the bullet would bust his shoulders if I could hit them and leave no tracking job,and I got lucky and spine shot him,he fell over on the spot,I didn't want to try a double lung afraid of accidentally hitting him to far back,I love shoulder shots to imobilize an animal and I would have given anything for a 5' tall shooting stick that evening to shoot off of,thanks I will slow my bullets down and try to aim better if such another chance arrives,I'm usually tagged out by then anyhow,we have a strict 1 buck limit here in KY and I usually score before mid-December muzzle loader season anyway,THANKS for all of your help.