I agree smokepole.

You can snap a spinous process off the vertebrae. Initially some shock. The animal moving away looked pretty normal to me.

It is real common in archery, to be non lethal due to less shock ( Dead tissue) from the impact.

A secondary clostridium infection can happen with gunshot wounds.

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