earlier this year my buddy shot at a spike horn, wishing it would be his first buck ever (gun or bow). he thought it hit the shoulder, but he actually managed to hit a branch and have it ricochet and hit the buck just below the spine. Two or three weeks later his neighbor shot it with a shotgun...what was in him? A rage 2 blade broadhead under the spine....long story short, whitetails are some tough critters...their will to live is tremendous, I think he'll survive. Oh by the way, his neighbor wouldn't give him his expensive broadhead back. Hahah, talk about a non happy camper right there.