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Dot 4..

For those that think there is a void below the spine and above the lungs guess i'd just suggest you try butchering your own deer once.

I've butchered every deer i've shot and can't see how anyone that butchers there own and actually sees where things are at can believe there is a void.
 
I see what everyone is saying about "void area" now (sorry, I'm kinda slow). I was thinking the void area as an area that you shoot a deer, and won't kill it. I now see that people think that the void area is a gap between spine and lungs. I really don't believe that there is a gap, but a high, single lung shot, may not kill a deer. When I referred to the void area, I said that spot in front of the shoulder, where the neck meets the body.
 
2-3 area from an elevated position.
3-4 area from flat-land.

The high hit below the spine from an elevated position will result in at least a high one-lung hit...which will result in a poor blood trail and it's a coin-flip in fatality.
 
Extremely interesting post since I just hit one in a similar fashion last night. He was a nice 10 point, I'd say I hit him at about #4 on the preceding diagram. What's worse, I pulled the shot also and I'd say it entered mid body. After an hour, I checked blood. There was VERY little although I found the arrow which passed through and it had blood from tip to nock. Went out with lights later and couldn't find blood anywhere. I know about where he ran so I could cut about 150 yards off the inital run. Still nothing where he entered the timber. I'm going to try again today with full light but at least right now, it doesn't look good. Talk about your hearbreakers.
 
Sorry Andy...I was hunting and missed this post last week.

The spine is between dot 4 and dot 5. What some fail to realize is on a mature buck right behind the shoulders there is between 6" to 8" from the top of the hair line to the spine. Shots above the spine, with up to 8" of error, too many of these shots are said to be in the void but really above the spine. I've found these shots cause very minor injuries to deer and they will be chasing does in a matter of days.
 
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