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So I’ve been thinking…….We know backslaps are very common due to people shooting too high. It’s pretty easy to identify one of these shots too because of the way the deer reacts……hitting the ground and then running off. I think for as many “too high” shots that occur…..there’s likely just as many “too low” shots as well. However, these shots aren’t as easy to identify upfront as being a deer that isn’t recoverable. I saved the picture posted below that someone else posted awhile back on the GA forum I believe it was….. showing an old injury on the deer he shot…..likely from another gun shot wound earlier in the season. It’s pretty much the same wound the hunter sent me a pic of a few days ago and I feel like it’s a really similar wound to what I was dealing with on the last track…..just not nearly as severe as this one. I imagine this wound probably put out a lot of blood and left the hunter baffled as to what happened. This type of hit probably makes up a decent percentage of near misses……the bellywhack.