He's certainly no giant, but he's mine! My first trad deer, and the first buck I've recovered (Sadly I've been on a roughly 3 year bad luck streak with recovering bucks)
Turns out the shot entered behind the last rib at a very steep angle, cut through the diaphragm only 2-3 inches above the bottom of the chest cavity, cut one lung, and cut the heart but not enough that it went into the chamber of the heart, but certainly weakened the muscle drastically.
This is one I won't soon forget! I'm really happy that I was able to deliver a clean kill to this one, and I can only hope that all the rest go as smoothly.
Thanks to all for the advice and thanks for watching. Sorry I couldn't send updates along the way, but man did I have my hands full!!