Oh young Yoda you have so much wisdom with the 3 years yoube been hunting dude why aim for the shoulder bone,,aim for the vital organs and the deer will die
Actually, my logic was validated by a show called The Management Advantage, hosted by the Outdoor Channel. The host used a program called the Cyber Deer and with it, he displayed the shot placement he recommends with bow shots and gun shots. He recommended shoot for the shoulder with gun shots as it provides the largest lethal area on the deer. Basically the logic was: shoot the shoulder - massive trauma and deer dies quickly, shoot low, and you get heart/lungs, shoot high - spine shot, shoot forward - neck shot, shoot back - top of lungs a little back.
I've shot 3 deer using this method, maybe not a lot, but every single deer was dead where I shot it. It works really nice. The only downside is you'll have a tendency to lose a bit of meat since it creates a ton of damage this way. I'll take that over wondering if you hit it, and needing to track it; especially when the shot is pretty far.
David