Nikonut
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One of the things to always remember when hunting and especially, game like deer is the space between vital organs can be big enough that an arrow will go thru without doing extreme damage.
I helped a buddy dress out a buck last year that the arrow went between the heart and lungs and only clipped the heart. The deer made it about 80yds and just dropped in an open field. Very little blood loss on a passthru shot! If not for clipping an artery on the heart I'm sure that deer would have kept going on what appeared to be an almost perfect shot!
Here's a pretty good link to vitals on deer: Deer Vitals
Nikonut
I helped a buddy dress out a buck last year that the arrow went between the heart and lungs and only clipped the heart. The deer made it about 80yds and just dropped in an open field. Very little blood loss on a passthru shot! If not for clipping an artery on the heart I'm sure that deer would have kept going on what appeared to be an almost perfect shot!
Here's a pretty good link to vitals on deer: Deer Vitals
Nikonut