I didn't read all the posts, but I speak from experience when I say that not all neck shots will instantly kill deer. One of the biggest deer I've ever seen (and shot) was hit in the neck by my arrow about 10 years ago. I saw him get up and lay down 6 times with-in 60 or 70 yards of my stand. My brother-in-law and I searched for him for many hours and never found him dead. My brother-in-law (who had the same experience a week earlier) thinks he saw my deer cross a road hours later into a park that NO ONE is allowed to hunt. Neck shots MAY KILL--but it's not a sure thing.

Today's small bucks are tomorrow's trophies.