Definitely a deadly shot, and if you are a bit left or right good chance you cut the carotid or jugular and get great blood. The last elk I took this shot on was facing dead on, looking away. I watched my entire arrow disappear through his windpipe. He ran, I heard him fall, cough, and silence. Long story short, no blood - I found one patch of bloody saliva about the size of a quarter. I did 2 hours of grid searches, two friends joined me and we did another 6 hours. No recovery, I'm sure I killed him.