I think some of you guys are thinking about a whitetail's body being a large container of pooled blood. If that were the case.......sure....that second hole is "more" important.

We all (God I'm hoping)know that just isn't the case. The circulatory system is madeup of arteries, veins and capillaries that WILL bleed, if cut. So I go back to the question.....would you rather be cut with a 2" knife blade that stuck you all the way through from your chest to your backbone (no exit hole)......or be stuck with a 1" knife blade all the way through?

2X the cutting.....andyou're bleeding, either way. The trail "might" (might not) be easier to follow on the 1' pass thru......but science tells me it'll probably be a shorter track.....when 2X the trauma is inflicted.

The internet's cool this way, though. Nobody has ever lost a deer.....and we all bought magnums as teens.