Seen it first hand twice. Once I did it. I shot the same deer twice about a month apart. Recently I killed one that someone else hit. I'll post the pictures when I get them on a disc. I didn't believe in "no-mans land" either but I've seen it.

Anatomy charts are nice but how things sit in the chest cavity when a deer is walking, running, bedded and ducking aways from an arrow have to be different. I'm no doctor but things have to move around.

In both my instances, I can say with 100% certainty, there were broadhead "cuts" between the ribs. Both times.

I do agree that "no-mans land" is often an excuse for some other shot or for giving up on a tracking job. I think anyone's chances of hitting it is very slim.

Greg