Which is why I choose to go for the shoulders sabotloader. The old man favored the high shoulder shot and I use that occasionally on perfectly motionless animals but my preferred shot is right in the basket breaking down both shoulders if at all possible. At the speeds my bullets are going, and the size of them, I really don't damage as much meat as some want to think. You know, the powerbelt users that have to stay off the shoulder because of bullet failure. But with both shoulders busted, that deer isn't going far, if anywhere. 0 cartilage in my knees from many years of football makes long tracking and dragging jobs a nightmare anymore. Like you, I want to put that animal down as close to me as possible.