deerandbearhog, like I said it is just my opinion. I am not a anatomy expert but what I have experienced. with a high lung shot, the lungs fill up with blood preventing it from breathing where as a lower body shot the deer will bleed sooner but have run further. Will they die in the same amount of time, sure. mabey. But a deer can cover alot of ground just waiting to bleed out. But if they can't breath, I think they can't travel as far. Just my opinion, nothing else.