I was just wondering if anyone has ever taken deer with shots other than broadside/quartering away with some consistency? I haven't ever and don't recommend it, but my dad has on several occasions. He has been bowhunting for almost 40 years and is quite a good shot. Well, about 8 or so years ago he had a deer facing him with it's head down eating acorns between five or ten yards. He put his pin at the base of the deer's neck and let it fly. The arrow went into the top of the base of the neck and out the heart, and the deer ran maybe 30 yards before piling up. After meeting with him after dark, we went over to gut it, and I can truly say I've never seen, for better lack of any description, a better killing shot. Since then he's shot at least one more like that. The buck was underneath his stand, and he placed the arrow between the shoulderblades and connected with both the lungs and the heart. Again, this deer ran no more than forty yards. He told me he's shot several deer like this in the past. He just judges the angle and picks his spot(similar to broadside shots). Like I said, I don't endorse this, but rather am curious as to whether anyone else has any "non-trad" shot placements.