If you shoot a deer in the face, it will most likely die. The deer you shot siman would've died soon had you not shot him; and yes,,, it sucks that the hunter who shot that deer made the deer suffer like that. But, theres been plenty of times where someone will make a gut shot or just a flat out bad shot on a deer, and it will live for a day or two,,,, and its worse when they push the deer trying to find it.

When a deer get shot in the face, even if you are a little off and say you shoot the deer in jaw,,, the shock from the bullet is close enough to the brain to do some damage. Neck shots work just as well as a head shot IMO. The deer will literally drown on its own blood if you make a shot to the windpipe/throat or the upper jaw (nose).