Dumbest statement I have read in all these post on this topic.
"I loved my .243, I only shot one deer with it down in Alabama. I missed the vitals by a long shot, when someone else shot the deer they found my bullet in the bucks spine."
I have never seen a deer go any place with any spine injury. Yes My brother stuck a doe in the spine with an arrow and she laid on the ground kicking but didn't go any place.
Al