i have but not with an arrow.. with a 30-06

The best buck I have taken with a bow to date died where he stood. Was a 5X5 with a 4 inch drop tine off the left beam. I had been watching him all summer, had him patterned on the feeding areas and put my stand up. First night in the stand he came down the trail just like he was supposed to and was feeding broad side at twenty yards. I had a major case of buck fever going, I shot him, I swear I saw the arrow hit him right behind the shoulder. There was a really loud crack and he hit the ground and didn' t even kick. I got down and my arrow was sticking out of his ear, right down the ear canal and into the brain. Not real hard to tell what I was looking at when I shot. I' m not proud of that but it was definately effective and humane.

I`ve shot many deer in spine,all have been right below me.I hunt thick most of the time.Every one of them drop were they stand.some twitch some did not.I beleve when when you shoot a deer with a razzor sharp broad head it does not feal a thing.[exsample] shot a doe once,ran about 10yrds and keap on eating.Did not feel a thing. bullets burn- razzor blades do not.that twitching is the nerves.they hemrage so fast they dont feel a thing.Plus I`m there to put meat on the table and a trofhey on the wall.I`ll take a spine shot or a double-lung,they both do the job.
The most humane way to kill a deer is with bow and arrow.

well i' m going to have to disagree with you Bullsi - you said that they do not feel a thing.. you ever cut your hand?? you still felt it didnt you?? no matter how fast you cut it you still felt it.. Its all due to proper placement.. A bow an arrow is no more efficent than a gun if its put in the boiler room..

not aruging just disagreeing[&:]

If the Knife is not as shrap as a razzor blade=yes.Iv`e been cut buy both at first I did not feel the razzor,the knife I did.I also been shot in the arm ,burn and hurt like hell.That arrow is going so fast and doing so much damage they dont feel athing and by the time they do feel pain its to late.Also when in shock ,you dont feel a thing.Now a misplace shot is another story.When you cut the spine all pain censors are blocked.

well the bullet is going a lot faster than that arrow.. a lot more deer have been dropped in its footsteps with a gun that a bow. I dont believe that the deer doesnt feel one more than the other.. you ever been shot in the arm with a broadhead with a bow??? who says that wont burn and hurt like hell to??

Josh I agree with you.If that bullet hits in the right spot its not going to feel a thing.
Especially when you hit them in the spin. WE are talking about a spin shot? that doe I shot went through both lungs and kept on eating, before he died.Explane that.And I remember one time on the way back to the truck I shot a buck in the center of his chest.The arrow went through his larinyx-heart,he drop on the spot. He was between two small trees about to bolt. Thats why I practice so I can feel confindent about shot like that.Double lung-spine-chest all do the job.

I had the spine shot experience, and he was stopped in his tracks but I had to sit there for 2 min. or so while he died. The upside of it was I learned (the hard way) that my string will hit the sleve of my jacket and make a huge slapping noise which will startle deer and result in such a crappy shot.

I got one down last year in 25-28 yards with my first hart shot.

Lesson learned

Yelp 8 or 10 of them.

Five years ago I shot a doe at 12 yards while she was feeding on acrons. She just looked around and went back to eating. While I was trying to ease another arrow into position, she just dropped. I knew I made a good shot because I could see the arrow in the ground covered in blood. Darnest thing I ever saw.