That bone fragment reminds me of that knob at their "elbow".
While this has happened to some of us*, it is disconcerting; I shot a doe with my .54 Renegade using the same load one time with similar results-shoulder hit, lotta blood, never went down.
After waiting 10 min since I was so sure of the shot, I began tracking only to watch the other does in her group nudge her on whenever she stopped...they eventually crossed property lines and went into a very large, very dense swamp. I tracked until totally losing the trail, maybe 3/4 mile or so total.
Game animals can take a hit.
*edited to reflect that some, not all ( & especially not muley), hunters have lost a deer.
Last edited by ModernPrimitive; 12-21-2014 at 07:25 AM.