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I'll say this. I shot one in the neck on a miss a few years ago, (maybe It jumped the string at 30-something yards? :) and that thing dropped immediately like a sack of potatoes. Freakish. It sliced the wind pipe and glanced a vien. Not even a spine shot.

If I have a close shot and I'm in some thick stuff that would make it hard to find a deer, knowing that will be valuable. Another option other than a spine shot.