Never would deliberately. Not with a bow.

I think it brings up an ethics question.


My answer to your question though is 0.

Spine shots is a NO NO for me.Not intentially anyways.[:'(]

I made one this year on the buck I got. I felt horrible about shooting him in the spine. I guess the good thing about it was he didn't go very far. I'm sure I would have been sick had I shot him anywhere elese and he ran off ro me to never find him.

Spine shots?? Sounds like it hurts. lol I haven't taken one that way.

My first deer ever with a bow was a spine shot...just b/c I was shaking so much. Dropped dead in his tracks in seconds.

i would not take one deliberately, my dad did shot a button buck in the spine this year though and he said that it droped on the spot,,

One question i do have though is that, is the follow up shot neccisary? cause from what i have heard there is several arteries and viens in and around the spine, so if u hit a couple of them when u hit the spine then wouldn't the deer just bleed out like it does when u hit it in the heart lung area??

agian i would not take this shot, unless the deer was under my stand and i had know other shot than yes i would, but anything other than that i would not nor would i ever suggest that some one do it because of the high probability of a miss.

PSE, in most cases, yes a follow up is neccessary. There is not nearly enough bleeding caused from a spine shot unless it is one that is angled in such a way you got thru the spine down into the heart lung region. Rarely would that occur because you'd need huge amounts of KE and be right over top the deer. Any broadsided spine shot should have another arrow placed in the deer's rib cage asap.

Didn't mean to, but I spine-shot a 7-pointer this year. He didn't go far!!