RE: pass through problems?
The only real advantage to a pass through is you'll have two holes(enterance & exit) and nothing to stop the blood from flowing out those holes. If you hit the boiler room you'll have a dead animal either way but you'd be likely to have a larger blood trail if the arrow isn't in there clogging things up.
I personally wouldn't worry about it. Concentrate on getting a good shot off and then recovering your animal.