My first year bowhunting3 years ago I had two spine shots. The first one was about 25 yards away. I didn't have a good angle from where I was for a second shot from the tree. I climbed down and got behind it and put a second one through the top of the spine down thought the vitals. The second one I shot was pretty close to my stand where it fell and I didn't want to climb down. I had a good view for a second shot but it wasn't as good as I would have liked so I took a third.I didn't get anythingmy new bow two years ago, but last yearsot a doe. Made a better shot though the shoulder and front of the lungs. It took a while to find and the arrow burried the opposite shoulder and there was barely any blood until she broke the arrow off after a ways.One things nice about the spine shot is not having to track.