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Ranger B:
I shoot ace and I've not bent one, but a few years back I shot a doe and hit her square in the shoulder with a selfbow.  Same thing...it didn't look like it went deep.  She ran about 10 yards, reached back with her teeth and pulled the arrow out, spit it on the ground and walked off.  Nothing but a little meat on the broadhead.  If you hit solid shoulder bone it could stop the arrow.  Mine and yours obviously did  :o :o

recurve shooter:
i have yet to kill anything with my longbow, but seems to me like heart shots are out of the question due to the shoulder blade. i would try to get a lung shot and miss that big bone.

Titan_Bow:
 If you hit the shoulderblade, you are too high and too far forward.  I for one like to stay close to the shoulder on deer. About halfway up the body from the leg/body junction, pretty much directly in line with the front leg is where I like to place an arrow. If you look at a deer broadside, visualize a soccer ball sitting just above where the leg meets the body.  Take a look at these pics.  They will give you a good look at exactly how the vitals, skeletal structure, etc. are located.
    One thing that doesnt get mentioned much is the angle from a treestand.  If you are hunting high (20ft. plus)   a close-up shot becomes much more marginal due to the steep angle.  If I am that high, I would rather the deer be out at 20-25 yards. But if I am on the ground, or low in a tree, I like to setup for a 5-10 yard shot.  20-25ft. up a tree with an almost straight down shot,  is usually a recipe for losing a deer.   

Ranger B:
those are cool photos.  If we all only hit where we aimed all the time  ;D ;D

mullet:
 Those are cool. Take your curser and run angles with it, like you were shooting from different heights from a stand.  Gives you a whole different outlook.

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