Keith, I understand your reasoning to a degree, and thanks for a concise explanation without assuming that I was saying that you were gut shooting (or somewhere else) deer. Most of my hunting IS done in fairly open areas, Iowa and South Dakota. I've never hunted the really thick stuff that goes for acres upon acres, but I'd lung shot some deer in pretty thick stuff, cattail and willow sloughs that require perfect tracking. I've never seen a lung shot deer that didn't leave a wide swatch for a blood trail, but obviously our experiences differ.
