I have always taken high heart/double lung shots before this year. Some DRT, some run a little, usually have a decent blood trail if it runs out of sight.

Due to some unusual circumstances, our year to date went like this -

South Carolina, 10 point chasing a doe, dripping wet from the swamp he just left. I took a shoulder shot that also got the heart, DRT. No blood on the ground until we moved the deer.

Texas, big 11 point, about to cross a property line fence, tried the same shot, ended up high shoulder because he ducked to go under the fence about the time I pulled the trigger. DRT. No blood on the ground until we moved the deer.

Texas, big 9 point that my nephew shot. Low shoulder, but back, so no bone. Slight quartering away shot that trashed the heart and got bottom of both lungs. Deer ran 30 yards, but I watched it the whole way. Not a drop of blood until we moved him. Body cavity was full of blood when we cleaned him.

Texas, my wife's hunt, big 11 point. Guide told her to shoot the shoulder because of difficulty tracking in the heavy brush. High shoulder, DRT, no blood on the ground until we moved the deer.

I may rethink my tendency to do high heart/double lung, as none of the true shoulder shot deer even took a step. They hit the ground immediately. My wife's buck, his head was flopping around as he fell.

The best tracking scenario is when you don't have to track.