Not sure which picture you are referring to, but there also seems to be an entrance(?) wound in the shot from the first picture at about the same elevation. I am curious what the actual elevation was at 44 yards.
Beautiful buck and a great shot none the less...
32 Point Ping!
Nice shot...Am particularly jealous today as 8 hours ago I was in a stand in the rain and got called out of state to work all freakin weekend! Seriously bummed............
Looks like a lucky a spine shot...
Like your sow from a few years back there, Envisioning?! Post that pic if you got it, bro...
A distance of 44 yards would flatten out the angle at which the arrow hits the deer quite a bit, as compared to shooting at a deer that’s within 15 or 20 yards.
For the arrow to hit the deer that high on the side and then hit the heart at the angle necessary to shoot 44 yards? I’m skeptical of that, but stranger things have happened.
No matter what, it was still one shot, one kill. Ethical, humane, legal, all that good stuff.
Good for the hunter, and he has my congratulations. Every time he goes hunting for the rest of his life he’ll flash back to taking that buck, and with good reason.