RE: Shoulder Blade Kill Poll
I lost a nice little 8 pt about 4 years ago. 15 yds, centered the shoulder bone, and got only minimal penetration, good blood for about 40 yds, then nothing.
About 2 years after that I nailed a small 3 pt with the shoulder blade hit, complete penetration with both shoulder blades busted. Recoved within 40yds. Shooting Muzzy then. About 10yds from a treestand.
I think the difference was, on the first buck, I squared the actual shoulder/leg bone. On the smaller buck I just busted through the weeker shoulder blade.