If you hit the area above the spine it does not bleed very much because it has no main arteries through it. Were as this deer bled good for 100 yards. There was no problem finding blood, but then it quit. I thought he was dead we looked for 3 or 4 days. Then it got hot and we went looking for stink, I told the farmers around to watch out when taking out there crops, I thought he was going to die somewhere. I shot him oct 1 then on nov 4 i seen him scent checking does and sparing with another buck. This deer weighs over 200 pounds. with some distict fetures. He looked fine from what iI could see.