If the shot is at a right angle running deer I'll normally hold on the front line of the deer. If he's running at something less, I'll start to creep in on his body. Here in PA I hunt doe with a farmer that has a real problem with crop damage. About ten years ago during my first hunt with these guys I left a couple of deer run by me with out shooting. I figured there would be more and I didn't need to wound something right of the bat. Well,,,,,,, when I came out after the "drive" they ask me if I had seen any. I told them what had happened, and they ask me to shoot the next time. To be real honest with you, they didn't care if they were wounded or not. This man's farm lays in a basin surrounded by the ridges, and he suffers serious crop damage every year. He showed me a soybean field one day and it looked like somebody had taken a lawn mower to it. I think when you're over run by these things, after a while you start to lose your respect for them. Unfortunately I think that's the truth for many here in PA. Just like my friend there, his property is mostly fields, and he's surrounded by many people that don't allow hunting. That's pretty though when you're feeding them, but can't control them. Most days while hunting with those people, collectively we normally see well over 100 deer a day. I know I've got a little off base with this thread, and I apologize for that.